That's done the trick. More coffee for me I think :) Cheers Jason. Jason Wong wrote:
> On Friday 11 January 2002 20:02, Neil Freeman wrote: > > Hi there guys, > > > > Who's awake today then? :) > > Someone isn't :) > > > Here's a snippet of the code. Any ideas guys??? > > > > ........... > > //store children page_IDs into array for each parent > > $str_array = "menu_array_" . $current_parent_page_ID; > > $$str_array = array(); > > > > for ($child_cnt = 0; $child_cnt < $number_children; $child_cnt++) > > { > > $db_help_structure->next_record(); > > > > //get page_ID value > > $page_ID = $db_help_structure->return_single_result('page_ID'); > > > > //$page_ID is now set > > > > echo "storing in $str_array position $child_cnt:" . $page_ID . > > "<br>"; > > $$str_array[$child_cnt] = $page_ID; > > echo "size:" . sizeof($$str_array) . "<br>"; > > } > > You need to resolve the ambiguity in your code by placing braces around the > variable part of the variable variable (!) > > ie: ${$str_array}[$child_cnt] = $page_ID; > > See manual for details. See the annotated online manual for more examples. > > hth > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > > /* > Go out and tell a lie that will make the whole family proud of you. > -- Cadmus, to Pentheus, in "The Bacchae" by Euripides > */ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *************************************************************** > This message was virus checked with: SAVI 3.52 > last updated 17th December 2001 > *************************************************************** -- -------------------------------- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]