noob in need of help. look to created dynamic variables

[SteVis]

$output .= '<li class="'.$this_cat_class.'cat_lev_'.$level.'"><a class="link_lev_' .$level.'';

	$num_names = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ;
	foreach ($num_names as $num_name)
	{
	$output .= '_' .$num_name. '';
	}
	$output .= '" ahref="';

 

returns: <li class="cat_lev_0"><a class="link_lev_0_1_2_3_4_5_6_7_8" ............

 

I need it to return a unique class each time it is used. The first time <a class="link_lev_0_1" .... second <a class="link_lev_0_2" .. and so on.

 

The code is within a while loop that builds each element of this list for each category returned from the database.

 

 

[Maq]

I assume by "return" you mean output?  Also, does "$this_cat_class" have a value?

 

Try this:

 

$num_names = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ;
foreach ($num_names as $num_name)
{
$output_2 = "</pre>
<li class="'cat_lev_".$level."'">	echo $output_2;
}
?&gt

[SteVis]

Yes, but return I meant output... sorry. I'm about to give that a try i'll let you know how it goes.

[SteVis]

I'm going to post the whole script and what the output is to give you some more light on what I'm trying to do.

 

$GLOBALS['this_level'] = 0;

// Initialize HTML and info_box class if displaying inside a box
if ($show_ulcats_as_box) {
    echo '<tr><td>';
    $info_box_contents = array();
    $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES);
    new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, true, false);					
}

// Generate a bulleted list (uses configuration options above)
$categories_string = tep_make_cat_ullist();

// Output list inside a box if specified, otherwise just output unordered list
if ($show_ulcats_as_box) {
    $info_box_contents = array();
    $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string);
    new infoBox($info_box_contents);
	echo '</td></tr>';	
} else {
	echo $before_nobox_html;	
    echo $categories_string;
	echo $after_nobox_html;
}


// Create the root unordered list
function tep_make_cat_ullist($rootcatid = 0, $maxlevel = 0){

    global $idname_for_menu, $cPath_array, $show_full_tree, $languages_id;

    // Modify category query if not fetching all categories (limit to root cats and selected subcat tree)
	if (!$show_full_tree) {
        $parent_query	= 'AND (c.parent_id = "0"';	

			if (isset($cPath_array)) {

			    $cPath_array_temp = $cPath_array;

			    foreach($cPath_array_temp AS $key => $value) {
					    $parent_query	.= ' OR c.parent_id = "'.$value.'"';
					}

					unset($cPath_array_temp);
			}	

        $parent_query .= ')';				
	} else {
        $parent_query	= '';	
	}

	$result = tep_db_query('select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from ' . TABLE_CATEGORIES . ' c, ' . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . ' cd where c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id="' . (int)$languages_id .'" '.$parent_query.' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name');
    
	while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($result)) {				
        $table[$row['parent_id']][$row['categories_id']] = $row['categories_name'];
    }

    $output .= '<ul id="'.$idname_for_menu.'">';
    $output .= tep_make_cat_ulbranch($rootcatid, $table, 0, $maxlevel);

	// Close off nested lists
    for ($nest = 0; $nest <= $GLOBALS['this_level']; $nest++) {
        $output .= '</ul>';		
	}

    return $output;
}

// Create the branches of the unordered list
function tep_make_cat_ulbranch($parcat, $table, $level, $maxlevel) {

    global $cPath_array, $classname_for_selected, $classname_for_parent;

    $list = $table[$parcat];

    while(list($key,$val) = each($list)){

        if ($GLOBALS['this_level'] != $level) {

	        if ($GLOBALS['this_level'] < $level) {
			        $output .= "\n".'<ul>';
			    } else {
                for ($nest = 1; $nest <= ($GLOBALS['this_level'] - $level); $nest++) {
                    $output .= '</ul></li>'."\n";	
	            }
		}			

	        $GLOBALS['this_level'] = $level;
        }

        if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($key, $cPath_array) && $classname_for_selected) {
            $this_cat_class = $classname_for_selected . ' ';
        } else {
            $this_cat_class = '';		
	    }	

        $output .= '<li class="'.$this_cat_class.'cat_lev_'.$level.'"><a class="link_lev_' .$level. '';


	$output .= '" ahref="';


        if (!$level) {
			    unset($GLOBALS['cPath_set']);
					$GLOBALS['cPath_set'][0] = $key;
            $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $key;

        } else {
					$GLOBALS['cPath_set'][$level] = $key;		
            $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . implode("_", array_slice($GLOBALS['cPath_set'], 0, ($level+1)));
        }

        if (tep_has_category_subcategories($key) && $classname_for_parent) {
            $this_parent_class = ' class="'.$classname_for_parent.'"';
        } else {
            $this_parent_class = '';		
	    }				

        $output .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '"'.$this_parent_class.'>'.$val;		

/*        if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
            $products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($key);
            if ($products_in_category > 0) {
                $output .= ' ' .'</a>'. '<span></span>';
            }
        }*/

        $output .= ' ' .'</a>' . '<span></span>';	

        if (!tep_has_category_subcategories($key)) {
            $output .= '</li>'."\n";	
        }						 

        if ((isset($table[$key])) AND (($maxlevel > $level + 1) OR ($maxlevel == '0'))) {
            $output .= tep_make_cat_ulbranch($key,$table,$level + 1,$maxlevel);
        }
    
	} // End while loop

    return $output;
    
}	

 

The output:

<!-- start cat_list //-->
<ul id="nav">
<li class="cat_lev_0"><a class="link_lev_0" ahref="index.php?cPath=143&osCsid=dakc75je1f8jder1hk8qum7pu3" class="daddy">Ann Arbor </a><span></span>
<ul><li class="cat_lev_1"><a class="link_lev_1" ahref="index.php?cPath=143_147&osCsid=dakc75je1f8jder1hk8qum7pu3">Camps </a><span></span></li>
<li class="cat_lev_1"><a class="link_lev_1" ahref="index.php?cPath=143_148&osCsid=dakc75je1f8jder1hk8qum7pu3">Skill Development </a><span></span></li>
<li class="cat_lev_1"><a class="link_lev_1" ahref="index.php?cPath=143_145&osCsid=dakc75je1f8jder1hk8qum7pu3">Afterschool Hoops </a><span></span></li>
</ul></li>
<li class="cat_lev_0"><a class="link_lev_0" ahref="index.php?cPath=144&osCsid=dakc75je1f8jder1hk8qum7pu3">Saline </a><span></span></li>
</ul>
<!-- end cat_list //-->

 

All I need are specific class names on the a tag so I can manipulate them individually with CSS

 

 

[SteVis]

I assume by "return" you mean output?  Also, does "$this_cat_class" have a value?

 

Try this:

 

<?php
$num_names = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ;
foreach ($num_names as $num_name)
{
$output_2 = "<li class='cat_lev_".$level."'><a class='link_lev_'".$level."_".$num_name;
echo $output_2;
}
?>

 

this didn't work because it looped through them all, which is my fault because I didn't give you enough info