These are called variable variables, and can be read about here: http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php
Replace your [ ] with { } and you'll be good to go. Regards, Philip Olson On Tue, 14 May 2002, Steven Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I couldn't find this in the documentation or on marc... Is there a way > to access a variable by name using a string value? For example: > > $myvariable = 10; > $stringdata = "myvariable"; > $[$stringdata] == $myvariable; > > Obviously the last line is invalid, but is there a way to do this? I > know about associative arrays, but they do not solve my particular > problem. TIA. > > Steven J. Walker > Walker Effects > www.walkereffects.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php