They are called 'variable variables': http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php and it is under .... variables!

Satyam

PS: it sounds obvious once said, but it's usage might not be, so I meant the pun, but not to tease you.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Otto Wyss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Creating variable names from values


Satyam wrote:

    $key = 'K' . $key;
   if ($$key) {

notice double dollar sign, it means, not the value of $key but the value of the variable $key says.

Thanks, any idea where this is described in the PHP manual? Searching
for "$$" produces no results.

O. Wyss

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