note 57684 added to language.variables.variable

A static variable variable sounds like an oxymoron and indeed cannot exist. If you define: $var = "ciao"; static $$var = 0; you get a parse error. Regards, Fabio ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57684 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57684&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57684&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57684&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57684&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57684&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57684&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57684&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57684&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php