double variable?

[gsmdude998]

Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me with the syntax for variable within a variable. For instance I want to check if a cookie exists with "yes" in it. The cookie contains variables passed from another page ($type, $id)

$cookie_check = $type . "RingV[" . $id . "]";

so in this case the $cookie_check could be: typeRingV[1]

However I don't know how to get the syntax to work so that it checks:

so that it looks like:

if ($typeRingV[1] != "Yes") {
...
}

The only thing i could think of is:
if ($$cookie_check != "Yes") {
...
}
which is obviously wrong.

Thanks.

[philipolson]

What's the value and name of the cookie look like? Your example is confusing.

[wilsonodk]

Your description is confusing, but hopefully this will shed a little light on your problem

<?php
$type = 'the';
$id = '0';

$cookie_check = $type . "RingV[$id]";

// Notice the double $, the value of $cookie_check is a variable
$$cookie_check = 'yes';

if ($$cookie_check=='yes') echo 'It worked';

echo '<br>';

echo $$cookie_check;
?>

HTH

[gsmdude998]

My setcookie is:

$cookie_check = $type . "RingV[$id]";
setcookie("$cookie_check", "Yes", time() + (606024*7));

[philipolson]

You should name your cookies a common name, such as RingV, and only modify the cookie value. I don't see the point of having unknown cookie names. In fact, that's not a good idea.