add a string with a variable name?

[Polish Renegade]

I am wondering if there is a way to take a variable

-ex. $item

Add a string to it

- $item."1"

and retreive it as

- $item1

The equivalent in Action Script is
- var items["#*$!"]

Thanks.

[maherphil]

in an array you could do something like

$myArray[$count]{$item."$num"}

where $num is a counter as well.

the result would look something like this:

$myArray[0][myItemName0]

[Polish Renegade]

Thanks but its not an array...

Is there anyway to do it without having to use an array?

[maherphil]

try

$newVar = $item.$num;

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Polish Renegade.

The equivalent in Action Script is
- var items["#*$!"]

This is an array in ActionScript, too. PHP arrays operate the same way. Another neat feature in PHP is what we call variable variables [php.net]. Perhaps that is something you can use?