variable-variables in PHP
I know you can do: 开发者_运维问答$hash('foo')
and $$foo
and also $bar[$foo]
, what are each of these things called?
$hash('foo')
is a variable function.
$hash
may contain a string with the function name, or an anonymous function.$hash = 'md5'; // This means echo md5('foo'); // Output: acbd18db4cc2f85cedef654fccc4a4d8 echo $hash('foo');
$$foo
is a variable variable.
$foo
may contain a string with the variable name.$foo = 'bar'; $bar = 'baz'; // This means echo $bar; // Output: baz echo $$foo;
$bar[$foo]
is a variable array key.
$foo
may contain anything that can be used as an array key, like a numeric index or an associative name.$bar = array('first' => 'A', 'second' => 'B', 'third' => 'C'); $foo = 'first'; // This tells PHP to look for the value of key 'first' // Output: A echo $bar[$foo];
The PHP manual has an article on variable variables, and an article on anonymous functions (but I didn't show an example above for the latter).
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