Re: [PHP] name of the variable

2007-03-12 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, March 9, 2007 4:27 am, Cefull Lo wrote: > Hi everyone, > Is there any function that return the name of the variable?? > i.e. > > $foo='abc'; > $bar=somefunc($foo); // $bar='foo' here No. And there cannot be, as any given variable could have multiple references and be passed around through

Re: [PHP] name of the variable

2007-03-09 Thread Ólafur Waage
There's also another function on the official PHP site. http://no.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.php#49997 2007/3/9, Cefull Lo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi everyone, Is there any function that return the name of the variable?? i.e. $foo='abc'; $bar=somefunc($foo); // $bar='foo' here Thanks

Re: [PHP] name of the variable

2007-03-09 Thread Ólafur Waage
I found this on the zend forums. Hope it helps. function Dump($var) { if (key_exists($var, $GLOBALS)) { echo "$$var:\n"; var_dump($GLOBALS[$var]); echo "\n\n"; } else echo "No variables named $$var!\n"; } -

Re: [PHP] name of the variable

2007-03-09 Thread Jochem Maas
Cefull Lo wrote: > Hi everyone, > Is there any function that return the name of the variable?? > i.e. > > $foo='abc'; > $bar=somefunc($foo); // $bar='foo' here no - and if you think you need this then there is something very wrong with you code, it's completely backward-assed and you need to ret

[PHP] name of the variable

2007-03-09 Thread Cefull Lo
Hi everyone, Is there any function that return the name of the variable?? i.e. $foo='abc'; $bar=somefunc($foo); // $bar='foo' here Thanks -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GSC d- s:>++ a- C++ UL/B+++$ !P L++>+ E--- W+ N o-- K? w++ O? M- V- PS PE++(-) Y+ PGP++@ t 5 X R+>+++$ t