How to change a $string name but keep the value

[ratso]

Hi all

Im passing a string called $email to a page and I want send the value to a new variable called $send_email

at the moment I am doing

$email = $send_email

but when i echo $send_email it doesnt hold the value of $email

any inspired ideas out there?

Thanks in advance

Ratso

[ahundiak]

$send_email = $email;

[ratso]

Thanks

I ended up figuring it out, but unfortunately I loose the variable value after I do a MySQL query, weird

I dont use the send_email variable but I loose its value for some reason

oh well

Ratso

[ahundiak]

It's probably a scope issue? You are assigning $send_email in one function and trying to use it in another?

function assign_send_email($email)
{
$send_email = $email;
}

// This won't work as expected
echo $send_email;

Make it a global
function assign_send_email($email)
{
global $send_email;
$send_email = $email;
}

// Now it works
echo $send_email;