note 84823 added to language.variables.variable

You can use a variable variable to hold the name of a function like this: $m = 'somefunction'; // note no parenthesis and use the variable as the function like this: $m() You can use a variable variable to hold the name of a list of functions to loop through like this: $m[0] = 'function1'; $m[1] = 'function2'; $m[2] = 'function3'; and loop through the array to execute each function like this: for($i=0; $i<$counter; $i++) { echo $m[$i](); } I actually created modules where each module was a function that displayed specific content on the page. Each function displayed something different. Then users were given the capability to select from those modules to choose what would be displayed on the page and where at on the page. This allowed me to loop through the list of functions I created to select those that had been chosen by each user and giving the page a completely unique look. So far I haven't found any problems. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 66.109.244.18 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/84823 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84823/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84823/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84823/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84823/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84823/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84823/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84823 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/84823 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php