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[David Sklar]

So use the $$var construct but pass the name to the function. E.g.

function display_var($varname) {
    print $varname;
    var_dump($$varname); // or print_r($$varname);
}

-dave

function display_var($varname) {
    if (is_array($$varname)) {
        print "$varname is an array:\
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Musil [mailto:jim at nettmedia.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:07 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Output name of Variable
>
>
>
> Right. But I want it to output the NAME of the variable, not the VALUE...
>
>
> Jim Musil
> <jim at nettmedia.com>
> Nettmedia, Senior Developer
> 345 Seventh Ave., 24th Floor.
> New York, NY 10001
> Tel. 212.629.0004 x 131
>
>
>
> On 1/31/03 1:03 PM, "Aaron Fischer" <agfische at email.smith.edu> wrote:
>
> > I think it's simpler then that:
> >
> > $foo="bar";
> >
> > then:
> >
> > echo $foo;
> >  will output the value of the variable
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >
> > On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 01:00 PM, Brian wrote:
> >
> >> I was kinda wondering how that worked.  Doesn't really apply to the
> >> original
> >> question then.  Answered one for me then, thanks.
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> On Friday 31 January 2003 12:51 pm, Jim Musil wrote:
> >>> I don't think so. I think this would allow the name of a variable to
> >>> be
> >>> dynamic.
> >>>
> >>> eg:
> >>>
> >>> $foo = "bar";
> >>> $bar = "This is the value of my variable";
> >>>
> >>> ..
> >>>
> >>> echo $$foo;
> >>>
> >>> .. will output "This is the value of my variable"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jim Musil
> >>> <jim at nettmedia.com>
> >>> Nettmedia, Senior Developer
> >>> 345 Seventh Ave., 24th Floor.
> >>> New York, NY 10001
> >>> Tel. 212.629.0004 x 131
> >>>
> >>> On 1/31/03 12:41 PM, "Brian" <brian at preston-campbell.com> wrote:
> >>>> I have never used it, so I may be wrong, but I think what you need is
> >>>>
> >>>> $$variable
> >>>>
> >>>> On Friday 31 January 2003 12:37 pm, Jim Musil wrote:
> >>>>> It seems like it would be helpful if there were a way to grab the
> >>>>> name
> >>>>> assigned to a variable and output it. Is there already a function
> >>>>> like
> >>>>> this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I would use this mainly for tracing and reporting. So, if I had a
> >>>>> simple
> >>>>> function show_variable($var), it would not only output the value
> >>>>> assigned to the variable, but would also show the name of the
> >>>>> variable
> >>>>> itself.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Am I missing it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jim Musil
> >>>>> <jim at nettmedia.com>
> >>>>> Nettmedia, Senior Developer
> >>>>> 345 Seventh Ave., 24th Floor.
> >>>>> New York, NY 10001
> >>>>> Tel. 212.629.0004 x 131
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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