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How to get a variable name as a string in PHP?
To get a variable name as a string in PHP, the code is as follows−
Example
<?php $a = "This is it!"; $$a = "Demo string!"; print($a); ?>
Output
This will produce the following output−
This is it!
Example
Let us now see another example −
<?php $val = "This is it!"; function display($var) { foreach($GLOBALS as $demo => $value) { if ($value === $var) { return $demo; } } return false; } print display($val); ?>
Output
This will produce the following output−
Val
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