On 2/8/08, Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, February 8, 2008 9:14 am, tedd wrote: > > From a variable with the name of $this_variable -- how do I get a > > string 'this_variable' ? > > You don't... > > Consider this: > > function foo($bar){ > //what would your function output? > } > > $baz = 3; > foo($baz); > > -- If you dynamically created the variable: ${ 'something' . '_' . 'somethingElse' }; then you'd have access to it via the variable name parts. David