Local variables

Greetings, I would like to know if PHP4 supports local variables yet or not? unset() is not a proper solution when using many variables under different scopes. I couldn't find local() or some equivalent function in the PHP docs. An example to evaluate what I mean: $str = "whizkid"; { $str = "faisal"; print $str; } print $str; Would print "faisal" twice. But I declare it under the first scope, it should remain private or perhaps some keyword to make it private to the specific code block which I declare it in! The above code should print: whizkidfaisal once $str inside the code block is declared to be local for that particular scope. Thank you. -- Faisal Nasim (the Whiz Kid) Web: http://wss.hypermart.net/ FAX: (815) 846-2877 AOL IM: Whiz Swift