On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 19:19, Albert Padley wrote: > Thanks everyone. Always nice to know there is more than one direction > to go in. > > Albert > > > On Jun 20, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Ray Hauge wrote: > > > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:28, Adam Zey wrote: > >> Ray Hauge wrote: > >>> On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:14, Albert Padley wrote: > >>>> I have a regular for loop - for($i=1; $i<100; $i++) > >>>> > >>>> Within the loop I need to create variables named: > >>>> > >>>> $p1name; > >>>> $p2name; > >>>> $p3name; > >>>> etc. > >>>> > >>>> The integer portion of each variable name needs to be the value > >>>> of $i. > >>>> > >>>> I can't seem to get my syntax correct? > >>>> > >>>> Can someone point me in the right direction? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks. > >>>> > >>>> Albert Padley > >>> > >>> If you really want to keep the p?name syntax, I would suggest > >>> throwing > >>> them in an array with keys. > >>> > >>> $arr["p1name"] > >>> $arr["p2name"] > >>> > >>> Then that way you can create the key dynamically: > >>> > >>> $arr["p".$i."name"] > >>> > >>> Not pretty, but it works. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >> > >> I haven't checked this, but couldn't you reference it as $arr["p > >> $iname"] > >> ? Is there a reason why variable expansion wouldn't work in this > >> circumstance? > >> > >> If it does, you could make it easier to read by doing $arr["p{$i} > >> name"] > >> even though the {} aren't required. It'd be a lot easier to read than > >> concatenations :) > >> > >> Regards, Adam. > > > > Both of those ways work. I think there's a question on the PHP > > Certification > > Exam about the different ways to work with strings.
Ahhh, got to love the fact that there's a question, yet no need for the taker to actually understand the implications. Does anyone know if you can get toilet paper with certs printed on it? Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php