Posted by Tom on 12/14/06 21:34

Sorry, I should have been more specific -- I need the actual name of
the variable itself, not its datatype. So, I need function that does
the following:

<?php

$myArray = array( );
$myVariable = "foobar";

echo some_function($myArray); // should echo "myArray"
echo some_function($myVariable); // should echo "myVariable"

?>

Josh wrote:
> string gettype ( mixed var )
>
> this function will return the variable type in string format.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom wrote:
> > Is there a function to get a variable to return its name w/datatype of
> > string? i.e.:
> >
> > $var would return "var"

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