THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP!! God... in just five minutes you guys have helped me solved a problem I've tried to figure out in an hour!!!
I finally decided to take off the loop and used only the while loop.... it WORKED beautifully!!!!! Thank you soooo much Lejanson, Asmodean, Martin and Dave..... and all who helped. Really really appreciate it. KISS TO ALL OF YAS!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Towell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Please Help with LOOP!! > Asmodean - using comma is another way of using echo... > > Wee - try this instead - you're putting two loops together when you don't > need to > > for($count=1; $count<=$rows; $count++) > { > $query_data = mysql_fetch_array($result); > $price = $query_data["price_lq"]; > $RowColor = useColor(); > // current echo statements here > } > > or > > $count=1; > while($query_data = mysql_fetch_array($result)) > { > $price = $query_data["price_lq"]; > $RowColor = useColor(); > // current echo statements here > } > $count++; > > -----Original Message----- > From: Asmodean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:48 AM > To: PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] Please Help with LOOP!! > > > Hello Wee, > > Friday, July 19, 2002, 2:36:40 AM, you wrote: > > WK> Hi all... > > WK> I'm a complete beginner in programming. Just started a few months ago. > > WK> So, I'm sorry if this is a stupid question to ask. But I'm at a dead end > here and do not know where else to go. > > WK> I'm trying to automate a checkbox name to have the name "choice1" to > have incremental effect on the number such as the following: > > WK> <input type="checkbox" name="choice1" value="x"> > WK> <input type="checkbox" name="choice2" value="x"> > WK> <input type="checkbox" name="choice3" value="x"> > WK> ... > > WK> And I used the following script (please don't laugh) :) > > WK> Maximise this email to full screen so that you can see the script > better. > > WK> for($count=1; $count<=$rows; $count++) { > WK> while($query_data = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > WK> $price = $query_data["price_lq"]; > WK> $RowColor = useColor(); > WK> echo "<TR BGCOLOR=\"$RowColor\">\n"; > WK> echo "<TD width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"2\" > face=\"Arial, Helvetica, > sans-serif\">",$query_data["prod_brand"],"<BR></FONT</TD>"; > WK> echo "<TD width=\"60%\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"2\" > face=\"Arial, Helvetica, > sans-serif\">",$query_data["prod_desc"],"<BR></FONT></TD>"; > WK> echo "<TD width=\"15%\" valign=\"top\<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial, > Helvetica, sans-serif\">","$",$price,"<BR></FONT></TD>"; > WK> echo "<TD width=\"15%\" valign=\"top\"><input type=\"checkbox\" > name=\"choice",$count,"\" value=\"", > $query_data["prod_id"],"\"></TD>\n</TR>"; > WK> } > WK> } > > WK> The result was irritating... it came up with the same name, which is > "choice1" all the way like: > > WK> <input type="checkbox" name="choice1" value="x"> > WK> <input type="checkbox" name="choice1" value="x"> > WK> <input type="checkbox" name="choice1" value="x"> > WK> ... > > WK> Am I doing it the wrong way? If so, how should I do it? > > WK> Please pleas help... thanks > > WK> Yours, > WK> Wee Keat > > WK> ------------------------------------------------------------ > WK> "Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the > stronger the trees." > > echo "<TD width=\"15%\" valign=\"top\"><input type=\"checkbox\" > name=\"choice",$count,"\" value=\"", > $query_data["prod_id"],"\"></TD>\n</TR>"; > > Your problem is with this line. Look closely at the following part: > > name=\"choice",$count,"\" > > You should do this: > > name=\"choice" . $count . "\" > > ... and it will generate names like 'choice1', 'choice2', and so on. > > -- > Best regards, > Asmodean mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php