<?php class X { public $z = array (array (6,7,8,9), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); public $x = array ("x" => "T"); } $t = new X; $y = "z"; $a = 0; $b = 1; var_dump ($t); $t->{$y}[$a][$b] = $t->x["x"]; var_dump ($t); ?>