Renaming A Existing Symbols
Can anyone tell me how to go about renaming a existing symbols that we created?
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Posted on: Aug 21, 2005, 09:07
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stop();
////// Other Variables ///////////
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//////////////////////////////////////
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<?PHP
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?????
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cheers
craig
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