Loading images to be called by the data of a value

Here's what I want

Global outimg$
	Function rotateimg(imgfile$,outimg$)
		tempOutImgStore$=outimg$       ; loads the data of outimg$ into a temporary variable
		tempImg1 = LoadImage(imgfile$) ;makes an image out of the imgfile$ variable
		For i = 0 To 360
			tempImg2 = CopyImage(tempImg1) ;copy the image
			RotateImage(tempImg2,i) ;rotate it
			tempOutImgStore$ = tempOutImgStore$+i ;add the current direction to the tempOutImgStore variable

			tempOutImgStore$ = CopyImage(tempImg2) ;copies the rotated image to the newly defined tempOutImgStore variable 

Directly above is my problem - I need the data defined (the text of tempOutImg) to be the 'handle' for the image.

			DebugLog "Created "+tempOutImgStore$
			tempOutImgStore=outimg$
		Next
	End Function
Graphics 90,90
	
rotateimg("thisimage.png","rotatedimage")	
DrawImage rotatedimage55,45,45 ;draws the image rotatedimage55- the rotated image at 55 degrees.
Flip
WaitKey()
End