Pete, I got my problem sorted out, thanks for directing me to the manual. I'm not too fond of the manual as I find it difficult to understand as I'm sure many newbies do. Turns out I didn't have to use that function but thank you anyway! Cheers, Graeme :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Morganic" <pete@daffodil.uk.com> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:32 PM Subject: Re: extract( $HTTP_POST_VARS ); <------------ what does this do? > http://uk2.php.net/extract > > Boa Constructor wrote: > > I'm wanting to overwrite the variables contained in a session, I read on the > > net somewhere that I could do this by explicitely making variables global, > > the code I looked at contained this: > > > > extract( $HTTP_POST_VARS ); > > > > What exactly does this do? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Graeme :) > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php