Comments on: Converting PHP Associative Arrays to Variables http://www.itsananderson.com/2009/01/converting-php-associative-arrays-to-variables/ WordPress, Programming, Life Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Buddy Logan http://www.itsananderson.com/2009/01/converting-php-associative-arrays-to-variables/#comment-404 Buddy Logan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:01:32 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=471#comment-404 Nevertheless, a good explanation of variable variables - something else many PHP developers are unaware of and, most certainly, most beginners have never heard of. I find variable variables useful in many situations. Nevertheless, a good explanation of variable variables – something else many PHP developers are unaware of and, most certainly, most beginners have never heard of. I find variable variables useful in many situations.

]]> By: Nick Ohrn http://www.itsananderson.com/2009/01/converting-php-associative-arrays-to-variables/#comment-119 Nick Ohrn Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:53:25 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=471#comment-119 Don't blame yourself too much. It happens from time to time. There are plenty of instances in the past few years where I've done something completely ridiculous, only to find out that I should have been using a library function call or a built-in language construct. It's just part of the learning process. Don’t blame yourself too much. It happens from time to time. There are plenty of instances in the past few years where I’ve done something completely ridiculous, only to find out that I should have been using a library function call or a built-in language construct. It’s just part of the learning process.

]]> By: Will http://www.itsananderson.com/2009/01/converting-php-associative-arrays-to-variables/#comment-118 Will Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:43:28 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=471#comment-118 Wow, I'm not sure how I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll edit the post so I don't lead anyone else astray. Wow, I’m not sure how I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out. I’ll edit the post so I don’t lead anyone else astray.

]]> By: Nick Ohrn http://www.itsananderson.com/2009/01/converting-php-associative-arrays-to-variables/#comment-117 Nick Ohrn Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:51:41 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=471#comment-117 Nice try here, but you might want to take a look at <code><a href="http://us.php.net/extract" rel="nofollow">extract</a></code>. Nothing wrong with the way you're doing it, but the language has a built-in construct that accomplishes what you're doing manually with a for loop and quite a bit of overhead. The "variable variables" must be interpolated by the PHP interpreter in order to get the correct results and that causes the interpreter to take a while to do what it needs to do (although a "while" might be just extra milliseconds depending on the size of the array, you'd have to profile to be sure. Nice try here, but you might want to take a look at extract. Nothing wrong with the way you’re doing it, but the language has a built-in construct that accomplishes what you’re doing manually with a for loop and quite a bit of overhead.

The “variable variables” must be interpolated by the PHP interpreter in order to get the correct results and that causes the interpreter to take a while to do what it needs to do (although a “while” might be just extra milliseconds depending on the size of the array, you’d have to profile to be sure.

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