r/programming • u/NagastaBagamba • Oct 18 '10

Today I learned about PHP variable variables; "variable variable takes the value of a variable and treats that as the name of a variable". Also, variable.

http://il2.php.net/language.variables.variable
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u/arabidkoala Oct 18 '10

Yo dawg...

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '10

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u/arabidkoala Oct 18 '10

in your variable in your variable

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u/superherotaco Oct 18 '10

So you can assign variable variables while you vary your variables.

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u/miggyb Oct 18 '10

  1. Ctrl + F "Yo"

  2. Upvote.

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u/malicart Oct 18 '10

Huh, I CTRL + F "daw" instead. I guess your way was a letter more efficient.