Oh ho! Good call Mr. Vogelsinger. I would never have guessed. So infact the code DOES work. My apologies Jason, I guess ya learn something new every day. ;-) -Kevin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest E Vogelsinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Code Advice > At 20:13 06.11.2002, Jason Young spoke out and said: > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > >Hmm.. > > > >So then can anyone tell me why its working so far? ;) > > > >I am trying out every single function in this page in hopes to catch > >something, but so far I don't see any breakage - I can see there are a > >few ways to skin this cat.. the original code I posted DOES work.. I > >still may be blind to any future breakings.. that's why I posted it. > >Unfortunately, I'm getting responses saying that this code won't work > >at all - when it does.. :-/ > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > > Well - it's a miracle... I just tried the code you posted, and indeed PHP > (v.4.2.2) allows numeric identifiers - BUT ONLY as long as you're accessing > it indirectly. > > Example: > $key = 0; > $$key = 'some data'; // works > echo $$key; // works > echo "Key 0: $0" // prints "$0", not the content (wrong) > echo $0; // error "unexpected T_DNUMBER" > > > -- > >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger > (\) ICQ #13394035 > ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
