How to check if a string can be used as a variable name in PHP?

Question

In PHP one can use variable variables...

For example...

class obj { }
$fieldName = \"Surname\";
$object = new obj();
$object->Name = \"John\";
$objec         


        

Answer 1

but I will not be able to access it with $object->...... because it would not parse correctly

but look:

class A {}

$varName = '!asd asd';
$a = new A();
$a->$varName = '1';
echo "{$a->{'!asd asd'}}"; // 1

Certainly not recommended but it can be done.