NYCPHP Meetup

[James Wetterau]

Based on my experience with Perl, I would have stayed away from
variable variables, since the same tool in Perl (using a variable
value as another variable's name) is Frowned Upon by Those in the
Know.

Here's a cogent summary of the issues the practice raises in Perl:

http://perl.plover.com/varvarname.html

Anyone care to explain what, if anything, is different in PHP?