Using literal variable name in query

[sameveritt]

Spent all day trying to figure this out.

I'm adding to a script written by somebody else. So I'm stuck with what I has been done before me. Here's the problem.

A form passes a descriptive variable name to me. Say, $this_item.

I have built databases with related information to this, and other, products. Included in the database is a column that has these variables listed.

| real_name | form_variable | other information

|gadget_1 | this_item | blue
|gadget_2 | that_item | green
|gadget_3 | another_item | yellow

I want to take the posted variable - $this_item - and somehow do a query matching the entries in the column "form_variable".

Can I somehow change $this_item to the string "this_item" to use as a match?

Sam

[LordShryku]

Since you're posting it from a form, you could refererence it using key($_POST)

[sameveritt]

Hey Lord,

Yeah, it came to me about 3:00 this morning. Use $_post and perhaps variable variables. Thank you for confirming that this solution should be on the right track.

Sam