how do i set the value of a variable to be a variable name

[aloysiusf]

helo guys
hope u guys could help me. kind of new to PHP. I am trying to auto initiliaze variables. I am trying to use $key as the variable name and $value as content to it.I can't seems to find the correct way to do it. The code is listed below.

while(list($key, $value) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS))
{
$$key=$value;
}

Thanks

[aloysiusf]

Anyway..found the solution..thanks
should have use

$test = "$key";
$$test = "$value";

thnks