Hello Ben, Friday, February 11, 2005, 12:36:16 AM, you wrote: BEl> So the question is is there a function like create_var which BEl> takes a string and a value and creates a variable? $var_name = "new_variable"; $$var_name = "hello world"; echo $new_variable; Search for "variable variables" in the PHP manual for more info. Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php