[SOLVED] How can I display variable value?

[bugsie101]

Hello, I am new to php so I hope you will forgive me if what I ask seems obvious to you.

Here is a cut down version of what is causing me problems…

 

 

$team1n = "Plymouth";

$team2n = "Blackpool";

$team3n = "Norwich";

 

function match($team_no) {

 

global $team1n, $team2n, $team3n;

 

$hometeam = '$team'."$team_no".'n';

print $hometeam;

 

};

 

match(1);

 

prints '$team1n' but I want it to print 'Plymouth' which is the value held in $team1n.

 

 

This is only part of the function I have a number of variables to go in the function that would benefit from me being able to identify them this way.

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

When you have a set of data, use an array and don't use global, always pass data into a function as a parameter -

 

<?php
function match($teams,$team_no) {
$hometeam = $teams[$team_no];
print $hometeam;
}

$teams = array();
$teams[1] = "Plymouth";
$teams[2] = "Blackpool";
$teams[3] = "Norwich";

match($teams,1);
?>

[Brian W]

btw, I know your new so you are forgiven the first time... but please use [ code ][ /code ] (without the spaces inside the tags) tags next time around your code

this:

[ code ]echo "this is my code";[ /code ]

without the spaces in the tags will be:

echo "this is my code";

 

This makes reading the code much easier and many of the members of the forum practically refuse to even read code that isn't in the code tags.

[bugsie101]

 

Thanks a lot PFMaBiSmAd, really appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.

 

Brian W... I consider myself told, I will use

 in the future.