Hi
Here is another way
$x = 1;
while($x < 5):
$index = "name".$x;
$name = $$index;
echo $name."<br>";
endwhile;
had troubles with echo and $$variable, thats why the extra step....habit
Tom
At 10:58 AM 23/04/01 +1000, Chris Aitken wrote:
>Hi
>
>Just a quick puzzle I cant seem to get around at the moment...
>
>Im trying to create a loop that increments the string name by a digit. For
>example, if I had the following 4 strings submitted to a script.....
>
>$name1
>$name2
>$name3
>$name4
>
>What I want to do is create a while loop that will print out the above 4
>strings, incrementing the number part of string automatically.
>
>while($count<4) {
> $count=$count+1;
> echo"$increased_string_name\n";
>}
>
>But I just cant seem to work out how to increment the string name to
>display it.
>
>Any assistance on this would be great. I have a feeling that there is a
>better method of attacking this but im only new to PHP and dont know it yet.
>
>
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Chris
>
>
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