counter

[searls03]

how do I make $counter add one evertime it runs through the loop:

<?php
// Query member data from the database and ready it for display
$sql4 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM labels where item_id='".$pid."'");
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($sql4);
echo $num_rows;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql4)){
$label =$row["label"];
$lid=$row['id'];
$counter = 0;



$counter = $counter + 1;
print $counter . "<BR>";
?>
<select name="name<?php echo $counter; ?>">
<?php



echo $label; 
?>

currently, it says counter is 1 everytime

[Drummin]

Just set the counter before the loop.

<?php
// Query member data from the database and ready it for display
$sql4 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM labels where item_id='".$pid."'");
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($sql4);
echo $num_rows;

$counter = 0;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql4)){
$label =$row["label"];
$lid=$row['id'];

$counter = $counter + 1;
print $counter . "<BR>";
?>
<select name="name<?php echo $counter; ?>">
<?php



echo $label; 
?>

[searls03]

thank you, I didn't even think about that!  it is exactly what I want!

[searls03]

one more quick question, how do I do this with proper syntax?

$_POST['name$counter']

[Drummin]

I would combine them like this.

$_POST['name']="{$_POST['name']}$counter";
echo "{$_POST['name']}";

or

$name="{$_POST['name']}$counter";
echo "$name";

[searls03]

this is nowhere near correct, but how would I do a string like so:

$item = "". $_POST['item']."".{$_POST['name']}." ".{$_POST['name']}."";

[Drummin]

$item = "{$_POST['item']}{$_POST['name']}{$_POST['name']}";