note 38724 deleted from language.types.array by sp

Note Submitter: Otter ---- Kieran wrote: I ran across something that should be noted... Take care when using variables for referencing arrays. PHP will interpret the square bracket syntax [] as a substr() like reference.... <? // this doesn't work, PHP evaluates $($foo[$bar]) instead of ($$foo)[$bar] $temp = $$foo[$bar]; /*--------------------------------------------------------*/ // use this method instead: // make a temp array so we can refer to it by an absolute name $temp_array = $$foo; // now pull the value $temp = $temp_array[$bar]; ?> Cheers! Kieran You may also do this: <? $temp = ($$foo)[$bar]; //Or... $temp = $($foo[$bar]); ?> I forget where I read this... somewhere in documentation