you can always use eval to create a variable too!
<?
$i = 1;
eval("\$test$i=123;");
echo $test1;
?>
"Neil Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> How do I generate variable names 'on the fly'? I wish to have variable
> names along the lines of $genre_category_1, $genre_category_2,
> $genre_category_3 etc.
>
> Ideally it would be along the lines of this...
>
> #######################
> $current_field_number = 1;
> $genre_number_fields = 7;
>
> while ($current_field_number < $genre_number_fields)
> {
> //this var will change on every loop
> $genre_desc = $db_movies_genres->Record[$current_field_number];
>
> //something along the lines of...(you get the idea)
> $str_category = "genre_category_" . $current_field_number;
> $$str_category = $genre_desc;
>
> $current_field_number++;
> }
> #######################
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Neil
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