[thelist] building a dynamic variable in php

[Tom Dell'Aringa]

--- Carl J Meyer <cjmeyer at npcc.net> wrote:
> Hi Tom,  here's the code you need,
>
> -------------
> for($i = 1; $i < 10; $i++) {
>   $var = 'mail' . $i;
>   ${$var} = $_POST[$i];
> }
> -------------
>
> This will set the variables $mail1 through $mail10.  'Course I
> rarely
> see any reason to do this sort of thing when you could just use an
> array
> ( $mail[1] through $mail[10] )...

Would an array be better? How would I do it with an array?

Tom

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