On Feb 1, 2008 10:49 AM, Bill Guion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to use a function to check to see if a session variable
> is set and return the session variable if it is set, and return blank
> if not. Something like
>
> function set_var($var)
>    {
>    echo "var = $var \n";

echo "\$var = $var\n";  //  :)

>    if (isset($_SESSION['$var']))

$_SESSION[$var]

>      {
>      return $_SESSION['$var'];

$_SESSION[$var]

>      }
>    else
>      {
>      return "";

return '';

>      }
>    }
>
> And I would call the function with set_var($name) or set_var($phone).
> The problem is getting the function to use $var as a variable name,
> rather than a value. What am I missing, please?

"" means interpolate the contents.

'' means use the literal content.


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Greg Donald
http://destiney.com/

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