You sure can. You can use variable variables wherever you can use regular
variables. They're really no different than regular variables, except you
have to keep track of what the variable will be named while coding :)
~Chris /"\
\ / September 11, 2001
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Jeff Lewis wrote:
> Yes trying to get this to work:
>
> $curline = preg_replace("/<yabb\s+(\w+)>/","$$1",$curline);
>
> So for the current line I am looking for something like <yabb copyright> I
> want to replace that with the contents of $copyright.
>
> Can variable variables be used in regular expressions?
>
> Jeff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher William Wesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Jeff Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Question on variable variables
>
>
> > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Jeff Lewis wrote:
> >
> > > What I need to do, however, is append a variable portion to a constant
> prefix. So I have a set of variables that are named $MYdog, $MYcat etc. and
> I need to do
> > >
> > > $a = "dog"
> > > ${"MY$a"} being the same as $MYdog
> > >
> > > Can this be done, and if so - how? I can't get it to work.
> >
> > So what you want is a base name with a vaiably-changing portion
> > concatenated? Gotcha!
> >
> > // you variable base name
> > $myVarBase = "MY";
> >
> > $a = cat;
> > $something1 = "This Var Likes Cats";
> >
> > $b = dog;
> > $something2 = "This Var Likes Dogs";
> >
> > $myVarName1 = $myVarBase . $a;
> > $myVarName2 = $myVarBase . $b;
> >
> > // The same as $Mycat = "This Var Likes Cats";
> > ${$myVarName1} = $something1;
> >
> > // The same as $Mydog = "This Var Likes Dogs";
> > ${$myVarName2} = $something2;
> >
> >
> > g.luck
> > ~Chris /"\
> > \ / September 11, 2001
> > X We Are All New Yorkers
> > / \ rm -rf /bin/laden
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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