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converting variables' name to string
$var1 = "a";
 $var2 = "b";
 $var3 = "c";
 $a = array($var1, $var2, $var3);
 foreach($a as $var)
 {
    //code that create strings with variable names and echo var1 , var2 , var3
 }

$var1 = 'a';
...
$varnames = array('var1', 'var2', 'var3');
$a = compact($varnames);
//$a now has array('var1' => 'a' ...

$a = array($var1, $var2, $var3);
foreach($a as $key => $value) {
    echo($key . ' => ' . $value);
}

$array = array(
    'a' => 'apple',
    'b' => 'banana',
    'c' => 'carrot',
    'd' => 'date',
    'e' => 'elephant');

<?php
   $array = array(
    'a' => 'apple',
    'b' => 'banana',
    'c' => 'carrot',
    'd' => 'date',
    'e' => 'elephant');

    /* #1 */
    foreach($array as $value) {
       /* get the key for the item at the cursor position of the array */
       $key = key($array);
       print "{$key} = {$value}<br>";
       /* move the cursor to the next item in the array */
       next($array);
    }

    /* #2 */
    foreach($array as $key => $value) {
       print "{$key} = {$value}<br>";
    }

?>

<?
  $myVarName = "myValue";
  echo var_name($myVarName) . " = {$myVarName}";

  function var_name(&$var, $scope=0)
     {
       $old = $var;
       if (($key = array_search($var = 'unique'.rand().'value', !$scope ? $GLOBALS : $scope)) && $var = $old) return $key;
     }
?>