In article <069f01c084ca$1642a320$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
("Richard Lynch") wrote:
> > I'm trying to pass a string variable to a custom function, echoing its
> > *value on one line, and its *name (that is, its key if this were an array
>
> I think you are looking for "variable variables"...
A variable variable results in a second variable which is named for the
*value of the first. So what I need is a sort of "inverse variable
variable" to extract the *name of the first variable:
$foo="bar"
echo $foo //"bar"
echo [something] //"foo"
I ended up doing a clumsy workaround by altering $foo--
$foo="bar"
$foo=array("foo"=>$foo)
echo $foo[key($foo)]; //"bar"
echo key($foo); //"foo"
--but then I'm having to tell PHP the very info that I was hoping it'd
dynamically tell me. Any other suggestions would be much appreciated!
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