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[Jeremy Hise]

I did your example, followed by:

 <a href = 'test.php?abc=123'>Test</a>

(my test page is called test.php)

And it worked.

The first thing I would do would be:

print(nl2br(print_r($_GET, true)));

And see what is actually stored in the $_GET array.




> Anthony Wlodarski wrote:
>> I don't think it is the version of PHP you are using for example from
>> my box:
>>
>> anthony at anthony-desktop:~$ php -v
>> PHP 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.4 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Jan  6
>> 2010 22:41:56)
>> Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
>> Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies
>> anthony at anthony-desktop:~$ php -a
>> Interactive shell
>>
>> php > $_GET['abc'] = 'def';
>> php > $dynamic_vars['a']['b'] = 'abc';
>> php > echo $_GET[$dynamic_vars['a']['b']];
>> def
>> php > if(isset($_GET[$dynamic_vars['a']['b']])) {
>> php { echo $_GET[$dynamic_vars['a']['b']];
>> php { }
>> def
>>
>> As you can see I am on 5.2.10-2.
>>
>> -Anthony
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* CED <consult at covenantedesign.com>
>> *To:* NYPHP Talk <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
>> *Sent:* Fri, April 30, 2010 8:32:24 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [nycphp-talk] PHP Dynamic GET Variables , Do they exist?
>>
>> Chris Snyder wrote:
>> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:24 PM, CED <consult at covenantedesign.com
>> <mailto:consult at covenantedesign.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> <?php
>> >> //GIVEN a page that is called with:
>> >> //    $_GET['abc'] = 'def';
>> >> //CODED with:
>> >>  $dynamic_vars['a']['b'] = 'abc';
>> >>
>> >>  // NO WORKY
>> >>  echo $_GET[ $dynamic_vars['a']['b'] ] ;
>> >>
>> >>  // NO WORKY
>> >>
>> >>  if(isset($_GET[ $dynamic_vars['a']['b'] ])){
>> >>      echo $_GET[ $dynamic_vars['a']['b'] ] ;
>> >>  }
>> >> ?>
>> >>
>> >> What am I doing wrong?
>> >> (this is obviously for demonstration purposes only, the actually
>> variables
>> >> have need for being stored in the manner that they are)
>> >>
>> >> -Ed
>> >>
>> >
>> > Sample code works for me, php 5.3.2.
>> > ______________