Creating variable names from variables

[jimoblak]

Is it possible to create a variable with another variable?

I would like to create a form element like this in PHP...

while ($Row = mysql_fetch_array ($Result)) {
print (&quot;<input type=\&quot;text\&quot; size=\&quot;4\&quot; name=\&quot;q$Row[Item]\&quot;>\n&quot;
}

The requested input is for a quantity of items to order. A WHILE statement runs through the entire database of items to produce something like this in HTML on the form submission page...

<input type=&quot;text&quot; size=&quot;4&quot; name=&quot;qapples&quot;>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; size=&quot;4&quot; name=&quot;qpears&quot;>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; size=&quot;4&quot; name=&quot;qbananas&quot;>

The problem occurs when I want to handle the form-submitted data.

I ignorantly try the following code for handling the data on the form handler page...

while ($Row = mysql_fetch_array ($Result)) {
if ($q$Row[Item]) {
print (&quot;You want $q$Row[Item] of $Row[Item]<br>\n&quot;
}}

This last code does not work, of course, and I find myself begging for the gift of wisdom. Is there a way to do this? How can '$q$Row[Item]' be interpreted as a single variable?

 

[danielhozac]

You could try ${&quot;q&quot; . $Row['Item']}. Though I am not sure it would work, but it is worth a shot. //Daniel

 

[jimoblak]

I got the following to work. Thanks Daniel

$value=${&quot;q$Row[Item]&quot;};