> -----Original Message----- > From: Arno Kuhl [mailto:akuhl@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 19 November 2009 12:23 > > I was looking at some old code that I'm convinced once worked but > now using > php5 it doesn't seem to work anymore. > > $input = "_REQUEST"; > if (is_array($$input)) { > // do something > } > I tested something other than a superglobal and it works as > expected. What > am I missing? Depends where you have this fragment of code, but possibly the big fat warning box towards the bottom of http://php.net/language.variables.variable? Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS, LS1 3HE, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php