The function needs to be declared without "variable variable" Du like this instead: function my_function($module) { // do something with $module } And then you call the function with the variable variable: my_function($$module_no); /Peter -----Original Message----- From: Ross [mailto:ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 7:26 PM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: sending a variable variables to a function I want to send variable variables to a function but I cannot seem to get the syntax correct. This is what I have so far... function my_function ($$moule_no) { // do something with $$module_no } my_function ($module1) my_function ($module2) my_function ($module3) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php