Actually I didn't. ;-) $GLOBALS[$key] is incorrect and depricated AFAIK. $GLOBALS['$key'] (with the single quotes) is the proper way to write these types of associative arrays/hashs.
For shits and giggles however I tried your way and it made no difference to the code. Still didn't work right. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marek Kilimajer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 1:16 PM > To: Daevid Vincent > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] What am I not understanding about > $GLOBALS['myvar'] vs global $myvar? > > > > > Daevid Vincent wrote: > > >This one does NOT work the way I would expect it to? > > > > function clearContactVars() > > { > > foreach ($GLOBALS as $key => $value) { > > if ( substr($key,0,8) == "contact_" ) { > > //echo "GLOBALS['$key'] = $value<br>\n"; > > $GLOBALS['$key'] = ""; > > > I did not read your whole message, but you very likely mean > > $GLOBALS[$key] = ""; > (no single quotes) > > > } > > } > > clearPostVars(); > > } > > > > > > > > > -- > 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