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List:       php-general
Subject:    Re: [PHP] Dynamic Variable Creation from Forms
From:       Nuno Silva <nuno.silva () websolut ! net>
Date:       2001-01-31 23:53:33
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[ rswfire ] wrote:

> I have a problem I'm not sure how to fix.
> 
> PART I
> 
> I have a form on a page that creates its variables dynamically.  
> Here's an example:
> 
> mysql_db_query($db, "SELECT * FROM table");
> while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
> {
> 
>  echo "<INPUT TYPE='CHECKBOX' NAME='chk_".$row["checkboxtype"]."'>";
> 
> }
> 
> PART II
> 
> I need to make reference to these dynamically created variables.  How 
> do I do this?  This does not work, obviously:
> 
> $chk_.$row["checkboxtype"]
> 
> Thanks in advance...
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> 
> 
$temp = "chk_$row";
echo $$temp["checkboxtype"];

the trick is $$var_name ;)

have fun,
Nuno




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