First number, last number... now fill in everything inbetween

[ldsmike88]

If I have an array of years, (such as: 1999, 2001, 2006) how would I add the years in between? In other words how would I fill in the array so it would equal 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006? Thanks!

[bobleny]

<?php
$i = 1999;
while ($i <= 2006):
echo $i,"<br />";
$i++;
endwhile;
?>

[poirot]

Another alternative is the for loop:
[code]for ($i=1999; $i<=2006; $i++) {
   echo $i . '<br />';
}[/code]

[ldsmike88]

I'm getting this array from my database for all the items on my site. Each item or row has its own set of numbers so the first and last numbers change. I can easily get the first number because I sort the array and that would make the first variable in the array the lowest number. But how would I get the last number in the array?

[poirot]

Can you please clarify? These "sets of numbers", what are they?

As for getting the last number, just use something like:
[code]$last = count($array);
$last_element = $array[$last];[/code]
This assuming your array is numeric.

[Barand]

[code]
$array = array(1999, 2001,2006);
$min = min($array);
$max = max($array);

$full_array = range($min, $max);
[/code]

[ldsmike88]

Sorry, I am making a script that will write a javascript to fill in all the required information for three select menu's. The menu's are make, model, and year. I already have this working in javascript, but it takes SOOOO long to fill in every model for each make and then every year for each model. Now I have a php script that will get the information it needs from the database and write the javascript that adds the options into the select boxes. For a working example see eGrilles.com.

Here is the final code I compiled from this topic:[code]<?
$years = '1999, 2001, 2006';
$im = explode(", ", $years);
echo min($im) . ' - ' . max($im);
echo '<br /><br />';

for ($i=min($im); $i<=max($im); $i++) {
   echo $i . '<br />';
}
?>[/code]

[ldsmike88]

ok, I updated what I am going to use. Thank you everyone for your help!

Final Code Sample:[code]<?
$array = array(2001, 1999, 2006);
$min = min($array);
$max = max($array);
$full_array = range($min, $max);
foreach($full_array as $arrayValue){
    echo $arrayValue . '<br />';
}
?>[/code]