Simple variable problem

[misterm]

Hi

    I giess somebody will have a really simple answer to this.
    I have tried variable variables and still can't get it to work.

    I am putting together a small ecard script. 

    I have 1 variable that contains a numberic value: $imageid

    I am trying to show a header message above the ecard image relative to the the number stored in $imageid.
    This would be very simple as an if and elseif statement:

    <? 
	$cardHeader1 = "Happy Birthday";
	$cardHeader2 = "Merry Christmas"; 
	$cardHeader2 = "Merry Anniversary";
	?>

    <?
    if ($imageid == "1") { echo $cardHeader1; }
	elseif ($imageid == "2") { echo $cardHeader2; }
	elseif ($imageid == "3") { echo $cardHeader3; }
	?>

    but if I have 100s of headers, it would be huge.

    Is there an easier way to dynamically say 

    if the image id number matches the card header number then print the contents of the card header?


    Any help woul fbe much appreciated.

    Many thanks

    Mr M

[djheru]

echo ${"cardHeader".$imageid};

[hezll]

i don't know what you really means .
but can you make $cardHeader a array ?
then
<?php
$cardHeader[0]="Happy Birthday";
$cardHeader[1]="Merry Christmas";
$cardHeader[2]="Merry Anniversary";

echo $cardHeader[$imageid];?>

//or you can also
<?php
if($imageid=0,,$imageid++){
echo $cardHeader[$imageid];
}

[laserlight]

Yes, an array would be a better solution than variable variables.

[bradgrafelman]

Note you also wouldn't have to type the numbers using an array structure:

$cardHeader = array(
    "Happy Birthday",
    "Merry Christmas",
    "Merry Festivus",
    // ...
    );