[PHP] Variable Names

2007-11-29 Thread Shaun
Hi, I seem to be having a problem in assigning a value to an array where the array is called dynamically. e.g. the physical name for the array is my_array, so: my_array[1] = test; works fine. $array_name = my_array; $array_name[1] = test; does not work. I have tried $$array_name[1] = test; but

AW: [PHP] Variable Names

2007-11-29 Thread Frank Ruske
?php $foo = my_array; $$foo = array(0 = bar); var_dump($my_array); ? array(1) { [0]= string(3) bar } Regards Frank -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Shaun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. November 2007 13:57 An: php-general@lists.php.net Betreff: [PHP] Variable Names

AW: [PHP] Variable Names

2007-11-29 Thread Frank Ruske
?php $foo = my_array; $$foo = array(0 = bar); var_dump($my_array); ? array(1) { [0]= string(3) bar } Regards Frank -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Shaun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. November 2007 13:57 An: php-general@lists.php.net Betreff: [PHP] Variable Names

[PHP] Variable names

2002-04-02 Thread kodrik
If I have a variable, how do I extract the name of the variable. In principle: $varname=somefunction($myvar); The value of $varname is then myvar How do I do it? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Variable names

2002-04-02 Thread RIVES Sergio
Hello Kodrik, I would do the following code. Excuse me if there are many mistakes. I am only a newbie. So: function somefunction($myvar) { do something... ... ... return \$myvar; } $varname = somefunction($myvar); echo $varname; Hope it helps

Re: [PHP] Variable names

2002-04-02 Thread kodrik
function somefunction($myvar) { do something... ... ... return \$myvar; } $varname = somefunction($myvar); echo $varname; That won't work, because you escaped the $ sign, the variable won't get processed and the name returned will be the

Re: [PHP] Variable names

2002-04-02 Thread RIVES Sergio
function somefunction($myvar) { do something... ... ... $variablealacon = \$myvar; return $variablealacon; } $varname = somefunction($myvar); echo $varname; kodrik a écrit : function somefunction($myvar) {