Assign value to variable

Is there any way I can use a function to create a variable and assign
a value to it? I have a Perl script that returns some LDAP
information:

sn=Shore
givenname=Mike
logintime=20041008153445Z
logindisabled=FALSE

Instead of parsing this text and assigning the values, I was wondering
if a function exists where I can pass a variable name and a value, and
the variable would be created.

ie. somefunc("sn", "Shore")

Would create the variable $sn and assign the value "Shore" to it.

In article <d3354680.0410080907.4c50e18b@posting.google.com >, Mike wrote:
> Is there any way I can use a function to create a variable and assign
> a value to it? I have a Perl script that returns some LDAP
> information:
>
> sn=Shore
> givenname=Mike
> logintime=20041008153445Z
> logindisabled=FALSE
>
> Instead of parsing this text and assigning the values, I was wondering
> if a function exists where I can pass a variable name and a value, and
> the variable would be created.

The output looks like what i see in a ini file, so you could consider
using ini_get?


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In article <2so03gF1nbi1qU1@uni-berlin.de>, Tim Van Wassenhove wrote:
> In article <d3354680.0410080907.4c50e18b@posting.google.com >, Mike wrote:
>> Is there any way I can use a function to create a variable and assign
>> a value to it? I have a Perl script that returns some LDAP
>> information:
>>
>> sn=Shore
>> givenname=Mike
>> logintime=20041008153445Z
>> logindisabled=FALSE
>>
>> Instead of parsing this text and assigning the values, I was wondering
>> if a function exists where I can pass a variable name and a value, and
>> the variable would be created.
>
> The output looks like what i see in a ini file, so you could consider
> using ini_get?

I meant http://www.php.net/parse_ini_file

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I noticed that Message-ID:
<d3354680.0410080907.4c50e18b@posting.google.com > from Mike contained
the following:

>ie. somefunc("sn", "Shore")
>
>Would create the variable $sn and assign the value "Shore" to it.

function somefunc($var,$value){
global $$var;
$$var=$value;
}
somefunc("sn", "Shore");
print $sn;

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Works like a charm. It was that double $$ that I could not wrap my
head around. Thanks very much!

Geoff Berrow <blthecat@ckdog.co.uk> wrote in message news:<qhcem098np84rd76og0e2ngkqv9ro3u92c@4ax.com>. ..
> I noticed that Message-ID:
> <d3354680.0410080907.4c50e18b@posting.google.com > from Mike contained
> the following:
>
> >ie. somefunc("sn", "Shore")
> >
> >Would create the variable $sn and assign the value "Shore" to it.
>
> function somefunc($var,$value){
> global $$var;
> $$var=$value;
> }
> somefunc("sn", "Shore");
> print $sn;

I noticed that Message-ID:
<d3354680.0410261044.11722022@posting.google.com > from Mike contained
the following:

>Works like a charm. It was that double $$ that I could not wrap my
>head around. Thanks very much!

Ah, variable variables. Yep they are fun. :-)
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Okay all you gurus, here is my next challenge :-)

I need to convert a Perl LDAP query result to an array. So far I have
been able to create an variable name; for example
$name = "ret[8]['givenname'][0]";
$value = "Mike"

What I want to do now is assign the $value to the $name, as in

$$name = $value;

but that does not work. I need the end result to be:
$ret[8]['givenname'][0] = "Mike";

Geoff Berrow <blthecat@ckdog.co.uk> wrote in message news:<hsj7o0l8939v88l7ma8geuocga2u2dnsa8@4ax.com>. ..
> I noticed that Message-ID:
> <d3354680.0410261044.11722022@posting.google.com > from Mike contained
> the following:
>
> >Works like a charm. It was that double $$ that I could not wrap my
> >head around. Thanks very much!
>
> Ah, variable variables. Yep they are fun. :-)

I noticed that Message-ID:
<d3354680.0411011820.5eda5ad9@posting.google.com > from Mike contained
the following:

>I need to convert a Perl LDAP query result to an array

I don't suppose you could use the PHP LDAP functions and save some
bother?

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Hi Geoff,

I originally had everything written in PHP and it worked fine on my
own test server, but then I tried it on the "official" test server it
would not work.

From what I have been told by our server guys, our Solaris server
comes with a built in LDAP module for Netscape directories, and does
not support PHP's LDAP module. So I needed to rewrite all my LDAP code
in Perl, which *is* supported by the Solaris server, and then call the
Perl code from LDAP, then parse the results back in PHP. *** sigh ***

Geoff Berrow <blthecat@ckdog.co.uk> wrote in message news:<i7ceo09do96ae26qb7ec6baj8aurgoq5pp@4ax.com>. ..
> I noticed that Message-ID:
> <d3354680.0411011820.5eda5ad9@posting.google.com > from Mike contained
> the following:
>
> >I need to convert a Perl LDAP query result to an array
>
> I don't suppose you could use the PHP LDAP functions and save some
> bother?

I noticed that Message-ID:
<d3354680.0411021544.72504d97@posting.google.com > from Mike contained
the following:

>From what I have been told by our server guys, our Solaris server
>comes with a built in LDAP module for Netscape directories, and does
>not support PHP's LDAP module. So I needed to rewrite all my LDAP code
>in Perl, which *is* supported by the Solaris server, and then call the
>Perl code from LDAP, then parse the results back in PHP. *** sigh ***

Just an idea because I don't know much about Perl. I do know Perl
scripts echo html so why can't a perl script echo php? If this was
then saved as a file it could be simply included in any php script you
want.

Apologies if I am wildly wrong here.

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