array value as array index

[Nick Wedd]

This code
$cn = $ct[$k];
print "<a name='$ct[$k]'>$continentname[$cn]</a>\n";
works, and prints something like <a name='af'>Africa</a>

But if I try to simplify it, to
print "<a name='$ct[$k]'>$continentname[$ct[$k]]</a>\n";
I get a syntax error
unexpected '[', expecting ']'

So what is the correct way to write something like $a[$b[$c]] ? I have
tried adding extra {} and '' here and there, so far without success.

Nick
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[Rik]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:13:50 +0100, Nick Wedd <ni**@maproom.co.ukwrote:

This code
$cn = $ct[$k];
print "<a name='$ct[$k]'>$continentname[$cn]</a>\n";
works, and prints something like <a name='af'>Africa</a>

But if I try to simplify it, to
print "<a name='$ct[$k]'>$continentname[$ct[$k]]</a>\n";
I get a syntax error
unexpected '[', expecting ']'

So what is the correct way to write something like $a[$b[$c]] ? I have
tried adding extra {} and '' here and there, so far without success.

Curly braces should work. Tried & tested:
<?php
$bar = 'bar';
$foo[$bar] = 'baz';
$foz['baz'] = 'success';
echo "{$foz[$foo[$bar]]}";
?>

So use print "<a name='$ct[$k]'>{$continentname[$ct[$k]]}</a>\n";
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[Geoff Berrow]

Message-ID: <op***************@misant.kabel.utwente.nlfrom Rik
contained the following:

>So what is the correct way to write something like $a[$b[$c]] ? I have
tried adding extra {} and '' here and there, so far without success.

Curly braces should work. Tried & tested:
<?php
$bar = 'bar';
$foo[$bar] = 'baz';
$foz['baz'] = 'success';
echo "{$foz[$foo[$bar]]}";
?>

Or concatenation
print "<a name='$ct[$k]'>".$continentname[$ct[$k]]."</a>\n";
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[Nick Wedd]

In message <d7********************************@4ax.com>, Geoff Berrow
<bl******@ckdog.co.ukwrites

>Message-ID: <op***************@misant.kabel.utwente.nlfrom Rik
contained the following:

>>So what is the correct way to write something like $a[$b[$c]] ? I have
tried adding extra {} and '' here and there, so far without success.

Curly braces should work. Tried & tested:
<?php
$bar = 'bar';
$foo[$bar] = 'baz';
$foz['baz'] = 'success';
echo "{$foz[$foo[$bar]]}";
?>

Or concatenation
print "<a name='$ct[$k]'>".$continentname[$ct[$k]]."</a>\n";

Thanks to both of you.

I am impressed by how positive and helpful the responses in this
newsgroup are.

Nick
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