Re: Is there a way to get a variable name as a string?

To: Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Is there a way to get a variable name as a string?
From: Edward Vermillion <evermillion@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:18:11 -0500
Cc: Daevid Vincent <daevid@xxxxxxxxxx>, php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:

Daevid Vincent wrote:

Is there a way to get the name of a variable as a string? For example...



Nope, not possible.

-Rasmus

Wouldn't the name of the variable show up in a var_dump()? It would bemessy, but if it's there...


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