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Quite possibly one of PHP’s least utilized yet most valuable features is its support for Variable Variables. In short these are a method of using the value of one variable to call the name of another. Sound confusing? We'll explain everything...

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. Using Variable Variables in PHP
  2. Variable Variables?
  3. Using Variable Variables with Arrays
  4. Variable Variables with Functions
  5. Variable Variables with Classes
  6. The Never-ending Variable
  7. Conclusion
By: Eric Seufert
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February 14, 2001

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Variable Variables are one of those little workarounds that make writing code that much easier. Hopefully you have picked up some helpful new techniques from this article to carry with you into practical, everyday use.



 
 
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