[SOLVED] Name of Variable into Text String

[lalabored]

How do I store the name of a variable into a text string?

 

For example

 

$wonderfulday = "value";

 

I want to be able to take $wonderfulday and turn it into "wonderfulday" or $variable = "wonderfulday"; or something like that.

[papaface]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.php#49997

[trq]

Sorry, your question isn't real clear. You want the value of a variable to be the same as its name?

 

$wonderfulday = "wonderfulday";

 

I'm not sure what you mean. Maybe your looking for get_defined_vars?

[lalabored]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.php#49997

 

Thanks! I got this code...

 

<?php
  function vname(&$var, $scope=false, $prefix='unique', $suffix='value')
  {
    if($scope) $vals = $scope;
    else      $vals = $GLOBALS;
    $old = $var;
    $var = $new = $prefix.rand().$suffix;
    $vname = FALSE;
    foreach($vals as $key => $val) {
      if($val === $new) $vname = $key;
    }
    $var = $old;
    return $vname;
  }
?>

 

And it works! I don't understand it at all though...