[""] versus ->

Hi there. I hope this is not a too stupid question. When -as I used to- using $HTTP_POST_VARS, I can write the following: echo $HTTP_POST_VARS->somevar; which will, of course, echo the value stored in somevar sent via POST, same as if I wrote echo $HTTP_GET_VARS->somevar; So far, so goot. But this doesn't seem to work with $_REQUEST. Here it looks like I had to use $_REQUEST["somevar"]. It's not that this would not be possible. But on the one hand I think the "arrow-notation" is nicer and easier to read, on the other hand I would be quite interested in the WHYNOT behind this ;) Can you give me a hint? Or at least some place where I could start reading and would find an explanation, not only "you have to use..."? Thanxx Kiko -- It's not a bug, it's a feature. christoph starkmann http://www.gruppe-69.com/ mailto:kiko@gruppe-69.com --