Dynamic variable expression

[The_Chancer]

I am trying to create a variable... EASY I hear you say... but not for me....

The result I am trying to get is
$user[discount_supplier1]
$user[discount_supplier2]
$user[discount_supplier3]
$user[discount_supplier4]

Where supplier1 - supplier 4 are in an array $suppliers

So... using

foreach ($suppliers as $strings)
{
echo ${user[discount_.$strings]};
}

might have worked - if it wasn't for the fact that I need the end result to be a array variable.

Any thoughts ?

[stevesweetland]

yeah iv done a few bits + bobs like this recently. fill me in a bit more about what your goal is an stuff...

because its all very well and good me saying :

foreach ($suppliers as $string){
  $users["discount_$string"] = "value";
};

but that might not be what you are looking for.

be more specific, put the entire chunk of code in here if required.

[The_Chancer]

Works like a charm...

I think I was too caught up in using {} instead of " " but well it all works...

For more info - here is a code snippet...

include("../cart/cart.php"); //include the shopping cart class
	$cart = new Cart; //start new cart class
	$cart_id=$id; //set the cart id to be the session variable
	$contents = $cart->get_contents($cart_id); //get the contents of the cart from inside the class
	$items = $cart->quant_items($cart_id); //find the total number of items in the cart (not unique items)
	$query1=do_query("SELECT company FROM suppliers"); //gets list of all suppliers
	while($company=mysql_fetch_assoc($query1)) //puts into array
	{
		foreach ($company as $table) //splits into strings
		{
			$query2=do_query("SELECT SUM(quantity) as quantity FROM shopping_cart WHERE supplier='$table' AND session='$cart_id'"); //find total quantity per supplier
			${sum_.$table}=mysql_fetch_array($query2);
			for($y=0;$y<$cart->num_items($cart_id);$y++) //cycles through the cart to enable us to get the total
			{
				if ($contents[supplier][$y]==$table) //splits them out per supplier
				{
					${price_.$table}=$contents[total][$y]+${price_.$table}; //total price per supplier
					${weight_.$table}=$contents[weight][$y]+${weight_.$table}; //total weight per supplier
				}
			}
			echo "Quantity $table ".${sum_.$table}['quantity']."<br />";
			echo "Price $table ".${price_.$table}."<br />";
			echo "Weight $table ".${weight_.$table}."<br />";
			echo "Discount $table ".$user["discount_$table"]."<br /><br />";
		}
	}

Thanks again