[BNM] dynamically creating variable names

[Ali]

I believe the variable name you are looking for is ${"mp3title".$x} where x is the current iteration of your loop to process the input.

hth

Ali
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: delarge 
  To: Brighton New Media 
  Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:03 AM
  Subject: [BNM] dynamically creating variable names


  What's the deal BNM?

  I am working on an admin area for a discography. There can be up to 15 mp3
  clips for each release.
  Rather than manually write out mp3clip1, mp3clip2 etc. I was getting down
  with a for loop like so for writing out the inital form:

  $tracktotal = 15;
  for($x=0;$x<$tracktotal;$x++){
  ?>
  <div><input name="mp3title<? echo $x;?>" type="text" id="mp3title<? echo
  $x;?>" size="50" /></div>
  <div><input name="mp3file<? echo $x;?>" type="text" id="mp3file<? echo
  $x;?>" size="50" /></div>
  <hr />
  <?
  // end of for loop
  }
  ?>

  Works fine for the 'add an item' bit...

  BUT - when it comes to an 'amend' form where the fields have to be
  prepopulated, woe is abound....
  The won't work. I am trying to create the variable name... but of course the
  script takes $mp3title as a variable - which has no value, so I just get the
  number...

  $tracktotal = 15;
  for($x=0;$x<$tracktotal;$x++){
  ?>
  <div><input name="mp3title<? echo $x;?>" type="text" id="mp3title<? echo
  $x;?>" value="<? echo $mp3title."".$x;?>" size="50" /></div>
  <div><input name="mp3file<? echo $x;?>" type="text" id="mp3file<? echo
  $x;?>" value="<? echo $mp3file."".$x;?>" size="50" /></div>
  <hr />
  <?
  // end of for loop
  }
  ?>

  How can I get away from the script taking $mp3title and $mp3file as
  variables and waiting until they've had that number slapped on the end?

  Thanks a lot!

  -- 
  Paul Burgess

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