How do I access a PHP object attribute having a dollar sign?

Solution 1:

1. With variable variables:

   $myVar = 'variable$WithDollar';
   echo $object->$myVar;
   

2. With curly brackets:

   echo $object->{'variable$WithDollar'};
   

Solution 2:

Thanks to your answers, I just found out how I can do that the way I intended :

echo $object->{'variable$WithDollar'}; // works !

I was pretty sure I tried every combination possible before.

Solution 3:

I assume you want to access properties with variable names on the fly. For that, try

echo $object->{"variable".$yourVariable}

Solution 4:

You don't.

The dollar sign has a special significance in PHP. Although it is possible to bypass the variable substitution in dereferencing class/object properties you NEVER should be doing this.

Don't try to declare variables with a literal '$'.

If you're having to deal with someoneelse's mess - first fix the code they wrote to remove the dollars then go and chop off their fingers.

C.