Posted by Justin Koivisto on 12/09/05 21:33

Kim André Akerø wrote:
> ross wrote:
>
>
>>The following gives an error:
>>
>><?php
>>$super-man=100;
>>?>
>>
>>Parse error: parse error, unexpected '=' in /test.php on line 2
>>
>>I understand that the "-" sign is seen as an operator.
>
>
> Correct, the "-" sign is considered as a minus sign.
>
>
>>is there a way to get around this? I need to have "-" in variable
>>names.
>
>
> Why?
>
> You can safely use "_" (underscore) instead. If you need to use it in a
> query string or form field, use $_POST, $_GET or $_REQUEST.

- characters in those arrays are replaced by _ automagically...

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