how to get the max value

[esandra]

I have several textboxes, each has the same id="orno<?php echo $y;?>"

where y is a variable that is being incremented within the loop

and I'm trying to get the maximum value that was entered in the text box orno<?php echo $y;?>

 

here is my loop

$num=100;
$nump=$num / 10;
$y=1;
for($j=1;$j<=$nump;$j++){

    for($i=1;$i<=10;$i++){
        php $y++; 

[haku]

This sure looks like a php question, but it's posted in the javascript forum. Is it a javascript question?

[Pikachu2000]

When the loop completes, $y will hold the maximum value used in the loop. You can either assign that value to another variable, or echo it directly.

 

 

(Moved thread to PHP Help . . . )

[esandra]

I' trying to get the maximum value entered in the textbox by javascript..y is just part of the name of the textbox

[Pikachu2000]

Then you'd need to post whatever javascript you have that isn't working. The php isn't going to help, I'm afraid.

[esandra]

this is a very messed up javascript...i apologize

 

function autocomplete(y){
var orno = "orno"+y;
for(var i=1;i<=100;i++){	
var lastorno = document.getElementById(orno).value;	//gets the maximum orno 
                                                                                                //ever entered							   
var maxorno = document.write(Math.max(lastorno));	
}
alert(maxorno);
var nxtorno = (maxorno*1) + 1;
alert(nxtorno);
document.getElementById(orno).value = nxtorno;
}