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theplau
theplau

Reputation: 980

How do I use a variable within a variable in PHP?

When I use

echo $stores_open_starts["tuesday"]; or echo $stores_open_starts['tuesday'];

I get

11.00

Now, I want to use this dynamically. I generate the day like this:

$today_date = date('d', strtotime("today")); $today_date = strtolower($today_date);

But then when I do

echo $stores_open_starts["{$today_date}"]; or echo $stores_open_starts[$today_date];

it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 34

Answers (1)

Ben Hillier
Ben Hillier

Reputation: 2104

I think you want the full day of the week as a string. That's:

$today_date = date('l', strtotime("today"));    //You should use 'l' and not 'd'
$today_date = strtolower($today_date);

'd' returns the day of the month, not the name of the weekday.

Upvotes: 3

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