Ron916 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Mornin', I've created phpforms.php and am using that for quick access to forms. Inserting html and php data into a variable. Not even sure if this is a good idea... works ok until I put a while statement in, too many quotes?? This code works to populate a drop down list with the last 120 years: <html> <body> <form action='./createuser.php' method='POST'> <select name='year'> <?php $counter = date('Y'); while($counter > date('Y')-120) { echo "<option value='$counter'>$counter</option>"; $counter = $counter - 1; } </select> </form> </body> </html> But I'd like to insert this code into a variable as such: <?php $form2 = " <form action='./createuser.php' method='POST'> <select name='year'> <?php $counter = date('Y'); while($counter > date('Y')-120) { echo '<option value='$counter'>$counter</option>'; $counter = $counter - 1; } ?> </select> </form> "; ?> <html> <body> <?php echo $form2; ?> </body> </html> The above code gives me a drop down box full of nottthiiinnngggggg, the only difference is that the whole thing is within double quotes now o.O I'm not sure if/how I can replace the double quotes in the echo statement... or if there's a better way? As always any and all comments are smexy and welcome! Edited October 16, 2012 by Ron916 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOA Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Try this: $form2 = " <form action='./createuser.php' method='POST'> <select name='year'> "; $counter = date('Y'); while($counter > date('Y')-120) { $form2 .= '<option value='$counter'>$counter</option>'; $counter = $counter - 1; } $form2 .= " </select> </form> "; Your php wasn't running inside those quotes. You only need the resulting html to be saved in the variable. Edited October 16, 2012 by TOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron916 Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 woooooooooooot!! I had to put double quotes on: $form2 .= '<option value='$counter'>$counter</option>'; But its perfect nonetheless! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOA Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I had to put double quotes on: $form2 .= '<option value='$counter'>$counter</option>'; Oh, yeah, good catch. Missed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTipperton Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) the form2 variable doesn't have any value you need to pass a value from the iteration like $form2 = '<option value='$counter'>$counter</option>'; // this will contain a value for your variable form2. Edited October 18, 2012 by JohnTipperton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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