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by johnmurray0101
Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:03 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion
Replies: 12
Views: 806

Re: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion

whooaa yeah - thanks Guys yes it is the scope of the variables I've now passed them as function parameters and I have got it to work So (excuse a cheeky follow on question after all your help :-) ) how does one declare supervariables - are they similar to 'globals' in vb or static in c# tx enormousl...
by johnmurray0101
Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:05 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion
Replies: 12
Views: 806

Re: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion

Yes - I used print('$firstName') before function is called and it demonstrates that the variables contain the correct content

Ah just had a thought - should the variables be passed to the function as function parameters ?
by johnmurray0101
Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:03 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion
Replies: 12
Views: 806

Re: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion

quick follow on I tried swapping the types of quote thus echo '<param name="initParams" value="originatorfname=$firstName,originatorsname=$lastName"/>'; this pass the parameters but of course instead of variable substitution I got the parameters as literal $firstName and $lastNam...
by johnmurray0101
Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:52 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion
Replies: 12
Views: 806

Re: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion

tx Califdon (btw love your byline :-) so if I use single quotes as per literal string this should work? echo "<param name='initParams' value='originatorfname=$firstName,originatorsname=$lastName' />"; Unfortunately it doesn't and that' s where I started - readin gup I found that complex ex...
by johnmurray0101
Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:20 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion
Replies: 12
Views: 806

Re: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion

sorry corrected the previous post my code which uses teh variable substituion is this echo "<param name='initParams' value='originatorfname=${firstName},originatorsname=${lastName}' />"; I have tried with out curly braces and also this echo "<param name='initParams' value='originatorf...
by johnmurray0101
Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:43 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: passing paramters using variables newbie confusion
Replies: 12
Views: 806

passing paramters using variables newbie confusion

have a PHP script which is calling a Silverlight object function renderSilverLightControl2($source) { echo "<div id='silverlightControlHost'>"; echo "<object width='100%' height='100%' type='application/x-silverlight-2' data='data:application/x-silverlight-2,' >"; // echo "<...