Help with Variable Variable Arrays

[indieangler]

Hello,

Extremely new here....have a question about some code I'm working on. The code is below:

 if ($symbols["$a"]["$b"] == $random)
	    {
		       $x=1;

		$r{$z}[0] = $a;
		$r{$z}[1] = $symbols["$a"][0];
        }

There is a large while loop running that uses $z as a counter. I'm trying to create an array such as

$r1[0] = $a;
$r1[1] = $symbols["$a"][0];

But by dynamically loading the counter variable $z into the array name. Does that make sense? Anyone know what I can do to fix this? Thanks!

[bpat1434]

So what are the values of $a, $b, and $random? Is it text or numerical?

This:
$r{$z}[0] = $a;

would give you an array such as:

$r1[0] = $a;

~Brett

[aamonkey]

here's an example of how i would do it:

$z = 0;

while ($z < 5) {
	$var_name = 'r' . $z;
	${$var_name}[0] = 'foo' . $z;
	${$var_name}[1] = 'bar' . $z;
	$z++;
}

echo '<pre>';
print_r(get_defined_vars());
echo '</pre>';