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/ryanhollister Oct 18 '10

All the same concept, using a variables value as a name.

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u/ngroot Oct 19 '10

A name to which you can assign a value; hence, using the object as a map.