[–] tbm57 2y ago ↗ this looks like this is specific to PHP? does this imply the existence of variable variable variables? [–] bell-cot 2y ago ↗ This feature is just a limited sort of pointers.You can do similar stuff in ~40-year-old sh shell code - with tricks like `eval echo \$$foo` - so I'd bet that the concept is older (& more common) than dirt.
[–] bell-cot 2y ago ↗ This feature is just a limited sort of pointers.You can do similar stuff in ~40-year-old sh shell code - with tricks like `eval echo \$$foo` - so I'd bet that the concept is older (& more common) than dirt.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 18.6 ms ] threadYou can do similar stuff in ~40-year-old sh shell code - with tricks like `eval echo \$$foo` - so I'd bet that the concept is older (& more common) than dirt.