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Re: Variable variables?

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Christoph Michael Becker wrote:

> Scott Johnson wrote:
>> if $parent is 'Women' I need to reference the array 'Women'
> 
> The concept of variable variables is quite simple:
> 
>   $women = array(/* ... */);
>   $parent = 'women';
>   $$parent == $women; // TRUE
> 
> I don't consider this concept "sucky" per se, but I would recommend to
> avoid overusing it, as it easily leads to unwieldy code due to its
> dynamic nature:

ACK.

>   $a = 1;
>   $b = 'a';
>   $c = 'b';
>   $$$c; // 1
>   $c = 'a';
>   $$$c; // Notice: Undefined variable: 1

Thanks, I did not know that you could have variables named “1” this way :)

$ php -r '$a = 1; $b = "a"; $c = "b"; $$$c = 42; echo $1 . PHP_EOL;'
PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '1' (T_LNUMBER), expecting 
variable (T_VARIABLE) or '$' in Command line code on line 1

$ php -r '$a = 1; $b = "a"; $c = "b"; $$$c = 42; echo $$$c . PHP_EOL;'
42

Another interesting fact that I have learned (or have been reminded of) in 
the ZCE (PHP 5.3) preparation class recently:

$ php -r '$a = 42; $b = "a";

  echo $$b     . PHP_EOL;
  echo "$$b"   . PHP_EOL;
  echo "${$b}" . PHP_EOL;
  echo "{$$b}" . PHP_EOL;'
42
$a
42
42


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        Re: Variable variables? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-07-27 15:45 +0100
          Re: Variable variables? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-27 15:46 +0100
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  Re: Variable variables? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2013-07-26 22:04 +0200
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  Re: Variable variables? Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-07-26 22:17 +0200
    Re: Variable variables? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-07-27 09:37 +0200

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