[BNM] Setting cookie name using a variable (PHP)

[Bruce Boughton]

Single quotes do not do variable replacement; double quotes do:

$var = 'MyValue';
echo '$var'; // Echoes $var
echo "$var"; // Echoes MyValue
echo $var;   // Echoes MyValue

Bruce Boughton
Software Developer


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org [mailto:bnmlist-
> bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Julian Blundell
> Sent: 01 November 2007 09:57
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] Setting cookie name using a variable (PHP)
> 
> setcookie($itemName, $like, $inTwoMonths);
> 
> Remove the quotes! :)
> 
> Jules
> 
> On 01/11/2007, delarge <delargerock at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What oh
> >
> > I have been trying set some cookies using a variable name like so:
> >
> > setcookie('$itemName', $like, $inTwoMonths);
> >
> > But it doesn't work - it actually calls the cookie '$itemName'
> > Tried without the apostrophes as well but no joy
> >
> > Is what I'm trying to do possible?
> > Can I set a dynamically named cookie?
> >
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