On Nov 29, 2007 7:47 AM, Mark Head <mark.head@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I seem to be having a problem in assigning a value to an array where the > array is called dynamically. > > e.g. the physical name for the array is "my_array", so: > my_array[1] = "test"; > works fine. > > $array_name = "my_array"; > $array_name[1] = "test"; > does not work. > > I have tried $$array_name[1] = "test"; but to no avail. > > Any Ideas? > > Cheers, > > Mark > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > <? $array_name = "mine"; $$array_name = array("This","is","how","it","should","be","done."); print_r($mine); $$array_name = array($$array_name,"Then","do","this","to","nest","inside","the","array."); print_r($$array_name); ?> -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 If at first you don't succeed, stick to what you know best so that you can make enough money to pay someone else to do it for you. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php