[SOLVED] Ok, head is beginning to hurt...

[sdyates2001]

Let me show you my script...

 

<?php

$QUESTIONS = array ( $_POST['ch1'], $_POST['ch2'], $_POST['ch3'], $_POST['ch4'], $_POST['ch5'], $_POST['ch6'], $_POST['ch7'], $_POST['ch8'], $_POST['ch9'], $_POST['ch10'],$_POST['ch11'], $_POST['ch12'], $_POST['ch13'], $_POST['ch14'], $_POST['ch15'],);

print_r($QUESTIONS);

# For the first 13 array elements, add 1 value to $PositiveFirstCriteria
$count = "";
while ( $count < 13 ) {
if ( $QUESTIONS['ch.$count'] == "Question" ) {

	$PositiveFirstCriteria += 1;
	echo "<p>Count: $count, $PositiveFirstCriteria";
}

$count += 1;
}

# If $PositiveFirstCriteria > 6 (@ScreenPositive)
# If yes to $PositiveSecondCriteria and moderate or  serious to $PositiveThirdCriteria 

?>

 

The output from print_r is:

 

Array ( [0] => Question [1] => Question [2] => [3] => [4] => [5] => [6] => [7] => Question 8 [8] => [9] => [10] => [11] => [12] => [13] => [14] => ) 

 

So, I know I am returning "Question" on the first two, but the if statement is never true .

 

I even tried to echo each element in the array such as $Question[1], but it appears once again I am mixing up perl.

[Philip]

Change

if ( $QUESTIONS['ch.$count'] == "Question" ) {

to

if ( $QUESTIONS['ch'.$count] == "Question" ) {

 

 

[DeanWhitehouse]

I don't see why you changed it after we showed you the correct way :s

[Psycho]

<?php

//Make a loop to get the values
$i = 1;
while (isset($_POST['ch'.$i]))
{
    $QUESTIONS[] = trim($_POST['ch'.$i]);
    $i++;
}

print_r($QUESTIONS);

# For the first 13 array elements, add 1 value to $PositiveFirstCriteria
$PositiveFirstCriteria = 0;
for ($count=0; $count<13; $count++)
{
    if ( $QUESTIONS['ch'.$count'] == "Question" )
    {
        $PositiveFirstCriteria++;
        echo "<p>Count: $count, $PositiveFirstCriteria</p>";
    }
}

# If $PositiveFirstCriteria > 6 (@ScreenPositive)
# If yes to $PositiveSecondCriteria and moderate or  serious to $PositiveThirdCriteria 

?>

[DeanWhitehouse]

To save time, and coding you could just give the inputs a name like

name="questions[]"

 

Which will automatically put it in an array

[sdyates2001]

I am beginning to wonder if netfirms is using some kind of modified strange version of PHP.

 

I even copied the code word for word and it generated a Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in ... on line 5.

 

Are there different versions of commands I need to be aware of? I honestly can't believe I am having trouble with basic code

 

>>thanks for the comment on name= "questions[]" - I'll try rewrite later once I get logic to work

[DeanWhitehouse]

Can you show us the code which generated the error,

[sdyates2001]

The code that generated the error is immediately below which was recommended to me in a few previous posts. For some reason, it does not like the while command.

 

<?php

//Make a loop to get the values
$i = 1;
while (isset($_POST['ch'.$i]))
{
$QUESTIONS[] = trim($_POST['ch'.$i]);
    $i++;
}

print_r($QUESTIONS);

# For the first 13 array elements, add 1 value to $PositiveFirstCriteria
$PositiveFirstCriteria = 0;
for ($count=0; $count<13; $count++)
{
    if ( $QUESTIONS['ch'.$count] == "Question" )
    {
        $PositiveFirstCriteria++;
        echo "<p>Count: $count, $PositiveFirstCriteria</p>";
    }
}

# If $PositiveFirstCriteria > 6 (@ScreenPositive)
# If yes to $PositiveSecondCriteria and moderate or  serious to $PositiveThirdCriteria 

?>

 

Here is a snippet of the code that sends the info to this page:

 

FORM NAME ="form1" METHOD ="POST" ACTION ="bob.php">

<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch1' value ="Question"
<?PHP print $ch1; ?>
>Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and... 
<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch2' value="Question"
<?PHP print $ch2; ?>
>...you felt so good or so hyper tat other people thought you were not your normal self or you were so hyper that you got into trouble?
<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch3' value="Question"
<?PHP print $ch3; ?>
>...you were so irritable that you shouted at people or started fights or arguments?

[DeanWhitehouse]

Hmm weird, it all looks fine

[sdyates2001]

Hence my head scratching... I wonder if it is Netfirms.

 

Does anyone have an account with netfirms that has basic code doing what I am trying to do?

 

Perhaps they have an older version of PHP - I would expect that they are using ver 5.

[DeanWhitehouse]

do

echo php_version();

 

(i think)

[sdyates2001]

You'll love this, it says:

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function php_version()

[Philip]

run

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

 

P.S. - it's phpversion();

 

Also, I am able to run the while loop on a 4.4.8 version. I think there is something else involved.

[sdyates2001]

The attached version info is in a jpg.

 

Also attached is the first file - it is too big to just paste in here and I am not very happy with the efficiency.

 

[attachment deleted by admin]

[Philip]

Try this for your PHP:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['Submit1'])) {
for($i=1; $i<=15; $i++) {
	$ch = 'ch'.$i;
	if(isset($_POST['ch'.$i]) && $_POST['ch'.$i]) 
		$$ch = 'checked';
	else 
		$$ch = 'unchecked';

	echo $$ch.'<br />';
}
}


?>

 

[sdyates2001]

I get the same error as before "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected "

 

Line two starts with if(isset...

[sdyates2001]

I get the same error message "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected " - from the line with the if statement

[Philip]

Okay, I added in some comments.

 

This is tested code... so,

<html>
<head>
<title>Checkboxes</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php
// if it is submitted 
if(isset($_POST['Submit1'])) {

// for loop, through each of the checkboxes
for($i=1; $i<=15; $i++) {

	// get the variable name ready (ch#)
	$ch = 'ch'.$i;

	// if the checkbox is checked
	if(isset($_POST['ch'.$i]) && $_POST['ch'.$i]) 
		$$ch = 'checked';
	else 
		$$ch = 'unchecked';

	// tell us what it is!
	echo $$ch.'<br />';
}
}
?>






<FORM NAME ="form1" METHOD ="POST" ACTION ="">

<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch1' value ="Question"
<?PHP print $ch1; ?>
>Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and... 
<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch2' value="Question"
<?PHP print $ch2; ?>
>...you felt so good or so hyper tat other people thought you were not your normal self or you were so hyper that you got into trouble?
<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch3' value="Question"
<?PHP print $ch3; ?>
>...you were so irritable that you shouted at people or started fights or arguments?
<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch4' value="Question 4"
<?PHP print $ch4; ?>
>...you got much less sleep than usual and found you didnÕt really miss it?
<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch5' value="Question 5"
<?PHP print $ch5; ?>
>...you were much more talkative or spoke faster than usual?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch6' value="Question 6"
<?PHP print $ch6; ?>
>...thoughts raced through your head or you couldnÕt slow your mind down?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch7' value="Question 7"
<?PHP print $ch7; ?>
>...you were so easily distracted by things around you that you had trouble concentrating or staying on track?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch8' value="Question 8"
<?PHP print $ch8; ?>
>...you had much more energy than usual?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch9' value="Question 9"
<?PHP print $ch9; ?>
>...you were much more active or did many more things than usual?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch10' value="Question 10"
<?PHP print $ch10; ?>
>...you were much more active or did many more things than usual?
<P>...you were much more social or outgoing than usual, for example, you telephoned friends in the middle of the night?

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch11' value="Question 11"
<?PHP print $ch11; ?>
>...you were much more interested in sex than usual?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch12' value="Question 12"
<?PHP print $ch12; ?>
>...you did things that were unusual for you or that other people might have thought were excessive, foolish, or risky?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch13' value="Question 13"
<?PHP print $ch13; ?>
>...spending money got you or your family into trouble?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch14' value="Question 14"
<?PHP print $ch14; ?>
>If you checked more than one checkbox above, have several of these ever happened during the same period of time?
<P>

<P>
<Input type = 'Checkbox' Name ='ch15' value="Question 15"
<?PHP print $ch15; ?>
>If you checked more than one checkbox above, have several of these ever happened during the same period of time? 
<P>

<INPUT TYPE = "Submit" Name = "Submit1" VALUE = "Press to Submit">
</FORM>

</body>
</html>

[.josh]

going back to your OP, your condition isn't working because $QUESTIONS is a numeric array.  You assign various posted values to it.  Notice on your print_r how the keys are 0,1,2, etc...so when you do this:

 

if ( $QUESTIONS['ch.$count'] == "Question" ) {

 

You are checking for positions in your questions array using keys $QUESTIONS['ch1'], $QUESTIONS['ch2'] etc.. which are associative keys.  You can mix keys in an array, but more to the point, those keys don't exist in your array.  Remove the 'ch' from the mix.

[sdyates2001]

Folks, it was the file encoding... despite setting UTF-8, it was encoding in another format!

 

Everything works well now!