how to declare a php class with a variable name

Question

is there a way in php
to declare a class using a variable
ie (this doesnt work - but its here to give you an idea of my intention):

$myname = \"the_c         


        

Answer 1

Sure, use php to write to a file with the name you want, then require that file. You could also use eval, e.g. something like: eval("class $myname { ... };");

For more complicated cases, use a library such as Zend's CodeGenerator (example here).