On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:28, Adam Zey wrote:
> Ray Hauge wrote:
> > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:14, Albert Padley wrote:
> >> I have a regular for loop - for($i=1; $i<100; $i++)
> >>
> >> Within the loop I need to create variables named:
> >>
> >> $p1name;
> >> $p2name;
> >> $p3name;
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> The integer portion of each variable name needs to be the value of $i.
> >>
> >> I can't seem to get my syntax correct?
> >>
> >> Can someone point me in the right direction?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Albert Padley
> >
> > If you really want to keep the p?name syntax, I would suggest throwing
> > them in an array with keys.
> >
> > $arr["p1name"]
> > $arr["p2name"]
> >
> > Then that way you can create the key dynamically:
> >
> > $arr["p".$i."name"]
> >
> > Not pretty, but it works.
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> I haven't checked this, but couldn't you reference it as $arr["p$iname"]
> ? Is there a reason why variable expansion wouldn't work in this
> circumstance?
>
> If it does, you could make it easier to read by doing $arr["p{$i}name"]
> even though the {} aren't required. It'd be a lot easier to read than
> concatenations :)
>
> Regards, Adam.
Both of those ways work. I think there's a question on the PHP Certification
Exam about the different ways to work with strings.
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