I am generating some variable variables. I am interested for testing purposes in finding out the names of the variables that are actually being generated. Since I want to make sure that that my following conditional statements are working properly and the values are set.
So is there a way to print out the name of the variables?
I agree with the recommendation to just use an array. Variable variables are almost always just a workaround for an array.
That being said, if you're creating the variable then you can create the name. If you're saying
$a = 'x'; $b = 'y'; $c = 'z'; $xyz = 'foobar';
//Get name of "variable" $name = $a.$b.$c; // $name = "xyz"
//Get value of variable
$value = ${$a.$b.$c}; // $value = "foobar"Show some code if that doesn't clue you in.
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