Variable question

Hey,

I'm trying to define a variable that has a variable in it, can this be
done and what would be the syntax.

I read the PHP manual section on variable variables but this is not what
I'm looking for.

This is what I'm trying to do:

I'm loading values into an array and I need to define various different
name arrays that have a common part in the name.

$myarray1$variable[] = ( x value );
$myarray2$variable[] = ( x value );

Thanks,

Carlos

On 2004-03-02, Carlos Ramirez wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm trying to define a variable that has a variable in it, can this be
> done and what would be the syntax.
>
> I read the PHP manual section on variable variables but this is not what
> I'm looking for.
>
> This is what I'm trying to do:
>
> I'm loading values into an array and I need to define various different
> name arrays that have a common part in the name.
>
> $myarray1$variable[] = ( x value );
> $myarray2$variable[] = ( x value );
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos
>

Does this help?

<?php
$myarray1 = "array_one";
$myarray2 = "array_two";

$variable = "_var";

${$myarray1.$variable} = array(1, 2, 3);
${$myarray2.$variable} = array('a', 'b', 'c');
$this_var1 = $myarray1.$variable;
$this_var2 = $myarray2.$variable;

print_r($$this_var1);
print_r($$this_var2);
print_r($array_one_var);
print_r($array_two_var);
?>

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Carlos Ramirez wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I'm trying to define a variable that has a variable in it, can this be
> done and what would be the syntax.
>
> I read the PHP manual section on variable variables but this is not what
> I'm looking for.
>
> This is what I'm trying to do:
>
> I'm loading values into an array and I need to define various different
> name arrays that have a common part in the name.
>
> $myarray1$variable[] = ( x value );
> $myarray2$variable[] = ( x value );
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos

$prefix = '$myarray';
$suffix = $variable;
$code = $prefix . $suffix . "[] = ($value);"; // don't forget that ';'
eval($code);

Check here, this is good:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php

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