Question

I have a variable $params which gets data from the database:

$params = mssql_fetch_array($result) 

As far as I know, it is associative array. I want another array $tempParams to hold the value of this array. Can I assign it by using the following statement:

$tempParams = $params 

In addition, do I need one single statement to declare and assign a value to $tempParams, or can these be separated?

One more question I would like to ask is that following statement is correct; While $tempParams contains values;

$params['column1'] = $tempParams['newColumns'] 

Answer 1

Yes,

$tempParams = $params;  

Will copy all values from $params to $tempParams.

$params['foo'] = 'bar'; echo $tempParams['foo']; //nothing $tempParams = $params; echo $tempParams['foo']; //'bar' $params['foo'] = 'hai'; echo $tempParams['foo']; //still: 'bar'