Joining Variables

grail

I guess this is called concatenation.. I need to take 3 different variables gained from a form and join them together to form one variable to be inserted into a database, and I havent been able to figure it out.

Just to help out here is an example:
from form
$ssn1 = (345) // hypothetical # fragment
$ssn2 = (56) // 2nd hypo # frag
$ssn3 = (3253)// 3rs hyp0 # frag

take those 3 variables and join
$ssn = (345563253)

How can I get those variables, and whatever data they may contain put together before I send it to the database?

Thanks in advance!

junebug

$ssn = $ssn1.$ssn2.$ssn3;

grail

Thats so simple I should shoot myself! Thanx Chris.

grail

Is it supposed to echo out "Array" or the number? Im just getting "Array".

junebug

array? are you writing it right?

$ssn = $ssn1.$ssn2.$ssn3;

emcb_php

Hi,

You should try this,

<?php

$var1 = "1";
$var2 = "2";
$var3 = "4";

$var = "$var1" . "$var2" . "$var3";

echo "$var";

Elfyn

gid__

$ssn1='213';
$ssn2='23';
$ssn3='0346';

echo $ssn1 . $ssn2 . $ssn3;

this code works, I just ran it.

NOTE: I'm using single quotes, don't use parens for ssn's because if a number starts with a 0, it'll get eaten because it's being stored as an int instead of a string.
Try out my code with:

$ssn3=(0346);

and you'll see what I mean.

grail

I got it running right with your code, was a few gliches on my part. Thanks for the help Chris