Chris W. Parker wrote: > Hello, > > After some "intense" searching of Google I found one example at > http://us2.php.net/language.variables on how to get the name of a > variable. But it looks pretty expensive. > > <snip> > > Anyone aware of a simple language construct(?) that can do this? I'm on > PHP 4.3.9. > get_defined_vars() can get you a list of all the currently defined variables. If you have the value of the variable, you can use array_search() to find the (first) key. I do have some misgivings about what you are trying to do though. I can't see a case where this would be the best way to solve a problem. David -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php