<?php $title = "Indirect Variable Names"; include '../head1.inc'; // // The complex form ${$v} allows you to use a variable whose name is // stored in another variable. // $al = 10; $bill = 20; $alice = 'howdy'; $mike = array('al', 'bill', 'alice'); foreach($mike as $fred) echo '$', $fred, " = ", ${$fred}, " "; echo "<p>\n"; // // If you are appropriately perverse, you can generalize this to more levels. // $phil = 'fred'; $fred = 'alice'; echo ${${$phil}}, '<p>'; ?> </body> </html>