>From what I could see you want variable variables $value = $line[0]; $variable = $line[1]; $$variable = $value; // Tobias ""Alain"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 9dqrh1$23a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:9dqrh1$23a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello, > I am trying to get values assigned to variables, by taking these data from a > textfile. > my txt file looks like that: > variable1 // value1 > variable2 // value2 > etc... > The point here is that I want to be able to get BOTH the variable name and > its corresponding value.. > I tried things like: > ----------//----------- > $configuration_data = file("conf/configuration.txt"); > for($index=0; $index < count($configuration_data); $index++) > { > $line = explode("//",$configuration_data[$index]); > $value = "$line[0]"; > $variable = "$line[1]"; > $"\$variable" = "$value"; > } > ----------//------------ > So it's that "$"\$variable" = "$value";" which is wrong and now I don't have > any inspiration anymore... > > Could somebody help me pleeeease?! > thanks, > -Alain- > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]