Posted by Robert Cummings on 03/15/05 03:34

On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 18:07, Phil Neeb wrote:
> Greets,
> I'm running into the problem of not having a server that gives me database
> access or ability to use files to store my data ... Yeah, I know, it sucks.
> Anyway ... My page has a number of profiles about people involved with my
> organization and all the profiles load into a set appearance. I have all
> the information about each person stored in individual arrays (if there's an
> easier way to do this w/o database or files, I'd love to hear it) ...
> anyway, I pass a variable through the URL which causes the array info to
> load, but I use an if statement for EVERYONE which makes my work way too
> tedious ... The variable I pass is the same value as the name each person's
> array (the variable is stored in the link) so, I'm curious if there's a way
> I can use the variable as the array name and cut out those tons of if
> statements.

if( isset( $$person ) )
{
$profile = $$person;
}

Where the value of $person is a string that corresponds to the profile
array name you wish to access.

Cheers,
Rob.
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