RE: [PHP] dynamically named variables?

> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Wilson [mailto:nick@explodingnet.com] > Sent: 23 May 2002 17:32 > > I've been looking at the php manual section on variable > variables but I > don't think i either a) understand it, or b) it isn't what I need. > > Here's the coup: > > I have a bunch of post vars, lets say $red, $green and $blue > I want to loop through the post vars and create a variable callled > $file_red, $file_green and $file_blue Try this (untested!): foreach($_POST as $key=>$value): ${"file_$key"} = $value; endforeach; Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211