Variables with - in their name

["Ron Piggott" <ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have made the following variable in a form:  (I am referring the <select> )

<?php

$row['promo_code_prefix']  = 42;
$row['promo_code_suffix'] = 2;

echo "<select name=\"distributor-" . $row['promo_code_prefix'] . "-" . $row['promo_code_suffix'] . "\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n";

?>

It could be wrote: 

<?php

echo  $distributor-42-2;

?>

Only PHP is treating the hyphen as a minus sign --- which in turn is causing a syntax error.

How do I retrieve the value of this variable and over come the “minus” sign that is really a hyphen? 

Ron

Ron Piggott



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