Re: [PHP] foreach loop to set variables

On 25 Apr 2008, at 14:12, jamest wrote:
> I am passing an array to a class which I want to take the array data  
> and
> create some variables from the array's keys and values.
>
> So I want to create (in this case 21) new variables that I want to  
> create in
> the foreach but with no success.
>
> foreach ($formdata as $key => $value) {
> 	$key = $value;
> }

$$key = $value;

They're called variable variables - search the manual for that term  
for more info.

> But this doesn't work. The variables aren't set.
>
> I was thinking that I could set up the variables outside of the  
> function by
> using public $variablename for all the different variables then set  
> the
> variable value using:
>
> foreach ($formdata as $key => $value) {
> 	$this->key = $value;
> }

$this->$key = $value;

-Stut

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