creating new variables in loops?

[freelance84]

How do I create new variable names with in loops?

 

e.g:

 

for($a = 1 ; $a < $x ; ++$a)
   {
        $get_road = get_post($a);
        $road$a = $get_road;
        global $road$a;
   }

 

This doesn't work. But is this sort of thing even possible? If so does it have a name?

[trq]

If you want to do it efficiently you would assign your values to an array.

[freelance84]

yea I have been doing using array_push, but there are times when I would like it as above.

 

is it possible?

[trq]

Yes its possible, but far less efficient than using arrays.

 

for($a = 1 ; $a < $x ; ++$a)
{
  ${'road'.$a} = get_post($a);
}

[freelance84]

yea I know but I found a few cases where I would really like to have independent variables from loops but didn't know how.

 

Thanks 

[trq]

yea I know but I found a few cases where I would really like to have independent variables from loops but didn't know how.

 

Thanks 

 

Why? It makes your code less efficient, harder to read and is almost precisely what arrays where designed for.