On 14 July 2011 13:37, Steve Staples <sstaples@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> A valid variable name starts with a letter or underscore > > If I am not mistaken, $_1 is not a valid variable name. [2011-07-14 13:19:18] [Z:\] [\\richardquadling\scratch$ ] >php -r "$_1 = 'one'; echo $_1;" one It starts with an undercore and is, therefore, just fine! -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php