I've never found a use for it myself, but yes.. php provides for 'variable variables': http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php $a = 'varname'; $varname = 'test'; echo $$a; > test -TG = = = Original message = = = Thanks for your help with my other question, heres a new one for you. I need to nest a variable, inside another variable. For example: $($buildingname)level How (if at all) is this possible? Thanks. Alex. ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php