Capturing the output of a for loop in a variable

[bukwus]

Hi

I've built a form so that the questions generate automatically. I set the number of questions into $numQuestions, I put the questions in an array called $questions, then used a typical for loop to create the questions in an HTML table.

 

for ($i = 1; $i <= $numQuestions; $i++) {
		echo '<tr>
	    <td align="left" valign="top" border="0">
				<p>'.$questions[$i].'</p>
				<textarea rows="5" cols="53" id="data'.$i.'" name="data'.$i.'">'.$_POST['data'.$i].'</textarea>
			</td>
		</tr>';
	}

 

It works fine. The purpose of this is because I'm building many forms with similar structure, but different questions and this saves a great deal of time.

 

Here's where I'm getting stumped:

When a user fills out the form and submits it, the results are sent to us as well as to their email address. I need to create a similar for loop that can generate the questions and the user's answers in the form email that is sent. The body of the email is the value of the $email_body variable.

 

So, is there a way to assign the output of a for loop to the value of a variable?

 

Many thanks,

Andy

[schilly]

for ($i = 1; $i <= $numQuestions; $i++) {
		$output .= '<tr>
	    <td align="left" valign="top" border="0">
				<p>'.$questions[$i].'</p>
				<textarea rows="5" cols="53" id="data'.$i.'" name="data'.$i.'">'.$_POST['data'.$i].'</textarea>
			</td>
		</tr>';
	}
echo $output;

 

now you have the output in the variable and echo'd it as well to the browser

[bukwus]

for ($i = 1; $i <= $numQuestions; $i++) {
		$output .= '<tr>
	    <td align="left" valign="top" border="0">
				<p>'.$questions[$i].'</p>
				<textarea rows="5" cols="53" id="data'.$i.'" name="data'.$i.'">'.$_POST['data'.$i].'</textarea>
			</td>
		</tr>';
	}
echo $output;

 

now you have the output in the variable and echo'd it as well to the browser

 

Thank you. Worked like a charm.