[PHP] Generating variable names 'on the fly'

[Neil Freeman]

Hi there,

How do I generate variable names 'on the fly'? I wish to have variable
names along the lines of $genre_category_1, $genre_category_2,
$genre_category_3 etc.

Ideally it would be along the lines of this...

#######################
$current_field_number = 1;
$genre_number_fields = 7;

while ($current_field_number < $genre_number_fields)
{
    //this var will change on every loop
    $genre_desc = $db_movies_genres->Record[$current_field_number];

    //something along the lines of...(you get the idea)
    $str_category = "genre_category_" . $current_field_number;
    $$str_category = $genre_desc;

    $current_field_number++;
}
#######################

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Neil
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