Technique for creating variables within a loop

[Dave Monk]

Hi,
I'm reasonably proficient in PHP but have been asked how to do
something which has got me stumped. Hence, my posting:

I want to create a small number of variables, $pos1, $pos2 ... $pos5
within a loop and assign them values from an array, but creating the
variable names with incrementing numbers, well I've no idea how the PHP
syntax for it works.


========== START CODE ==========
<?php

$x=5;
$myarray = array('a','b',' c','d','e');

for($a=0;$a<$x; $a++){
$pos.$a = $myarray[$a]; //Create $pos0 here on first loop,
// $pos1 next loop and so forth..
}

//Test assigned variable
echo $pos3; // $pos3 should equal 'd'
exit;

?>

========== END CODE ==========

Any ideas?

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Re: Technique for creating variables within a loop

Dave Monk wrote:

I want to create a small number of variables, $pos1, $pos2 ... $pos5
within a loop and assign them values from an array, but creating the
variable names with incrementing numbers, well I've no idea how the
PHP syntax for it works.
>

$pos = 'prefix';
.....
${$pos.$a} = $myarray[$a];


JW

[Miguel Cruz]

Re: Technique for creating variables within a loop

"Dave Monk" <dmonk@supersca pe.comwrote:

I want to create a small number of variables, $pos1, $pos2 ... $pos5
within a loop and assign them values from an array, but creating the
variable names with incrementing numbers, well I've no idea how the PHP
syntax for it works.

You can do it the way Janwillem suggests, but I would ask why you want
to do this. Why not use an array ($pos[1], $pos[2], etc.)? That's what
they're for.

miguel
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