Posted by Richard Davey on 02/11/05 02:40

Hello Ben,

Friday, February 11, 2005, 12:36:16 AM, you wrote:

BEl> So the question is is there a function like create_var which
BEl> takes a string and a value and creates a variable?

$var_name = "new_variable";
$$var_name = "hello world";
echo $new_variable;

Search for "variable variables" in the PHP manual for more info.

Best regards,

Richard Davey
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