How to increment a variable?

[endy]

Hello,
I am trying to use a "while" loop to create a bunch of variables, however it doesnt seem to be working. Is there a way to concatenate a variable name with another variable? Here is what I am trying to do:
[code]$i=0
while($i<5) {
$my_var.$i="something";
$i++;
}[/code]

So I just want to get a series of variables ($my_var1, $my_var2, $my_var3,...) that are all equal to "something";

Is it possable?
THanks!

[kenrbnsn]

Yes, you want to use variable_variables.
[code]<?php
for ($i=0;$i<5;$i++) {
${'my_var'.$i}="something";
}?>[/code]
but it would be much easier to use an array here:
[code]<?php
$myvar = array();
for($i=0;$i<5;$i++)
    $myvar[] = "somthing $i";
echo '<pre>'.print_r($myvar,true).'</pre>';
?>[/code]

Ken

[endy]

cool thanks!