[SOLVED] How to access an array

[genu]

How can I access an array through a variable?

 

for example: I have: $_GET['task'] = "january"

 

and I have a predefined array like so:

$january = array('test1','test2','test3');

 

how can I access the $janurary array based on the the value of $task?

 

I tried:

echo $task[0];

 

but returned just "j" instead of 'test1'

 

is there another way to reference that $january array?

[lemmin]

I think you want $_GET['task'] = $january;

[genu]

but I don't really know what month that $task is going to be. It could be February, March, April, etc...

 

I have predefined arrays for each one...not just January.

[lemmin]

So are you saying that $_GET['task'] will hold the string for the name of the array? In that case you can do this:

echo $$_GET['task'][0];

 

And that should display "test1" from the $january array;

[genu]

I tried this:

 

<?php
$array = 'test';
$test = array('test1','test2','test3');
echo $$array[0];
?>

 

but it doesn't return anything

[lemmin]

Woops, you're right! You need curly braces or else it looks for the variable variable as the character from the string.

<?php
$array = 'test';
$test = array('test1','test2','test3');
echo ${$array}[0];
?>

[genu]

Thanks lemmin, that worked...