This functionality is a feature and is commonly called variable
variables.
http://www.php.net/variables.variable
Cheers,
Rob.
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 16:42, DvDmanDT wrote:
> Considering the manual has examples using that method (or at least had), and
> many tutorials, I think you can use it...
> When using register_globals=off, this might be off intrest: (notice $$var)
> while(list($var,$val)=each($_REQUEST))$$var=$val;
>
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> > Is it possible to define a variable, such as:
> > $foo = "bar";
> >
> > and then do as follows to create a totally different variable:
> > $$foo = "text here";
> >
> > this seems to mean $bar = "text here";.
> >
> > Is this a bug or can we legally use it.
> >
> > Steve
> >
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