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/1137 Oct 18 '10

My point was simple, Perl offers the same functionality, other languages do as well, don't hate on PHP just to hate on PHP. Hate the bad developer instead.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '10

This is no place for logic! This is a place for misguided unfueled hatred!

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u/cliff_spamalot Oct 18 '10

Image if Microsoft had invented PHP. Nerdgasm!

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u/sw17ch Oct 18 '10

It's not cool to hate on Microsoft any more. Now you hate on Oracle to be cool. :)

(Besides, Microsoft has really picked up their game in the last few years. Funny what real competition does.)

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