Re: Accessing Variables by Name
| From: | Philip Olson | Date: | Tue, 14 May 2002 19:41:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Accessing Variables by Name | ||
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These are called variable variables, and can
be read about here:
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php
Replace your [ ] with { } and you'll be good
to go.
Regards,
Philip Olson
On Tue, 14 May 2002, Steven Walker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I couldn't find this in the documentation or on marc... Is there a way
> to access a variable by name using a string value? For example:
>
> $myvariable = 10;
> $stringdata = "myvariable";
> $[$stringdata] == $myvariable;
>
> Obviously the last line is invalid, but is there a way to do this? I
> know about associative arrays, but they do not solve my particular
> problem. TIA.
>
> Steven J. Walker
> Walker Effects
> www.walkereffects.com
> steve@walkereffects.com
>
>
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