Completely new to this but trying to make a dice script

[captainphpnoob]

Hello. My name is Sam and I'm learning php as a hobby so I understand if more urgent matters are taken care of before mines!
 
My goal for now is to create a dice script where I roll a die and it prints out how many times it had to roll before it lands on a 6.
 
Here is the code I have thus far.

 

 

 

<?php

        //write your do-while loop below

        $do {$roll = rand(1,6);

            $rollCount ++;

           switch ($roll) {

               case(1):

               case(2):

               case(3):

               case(4):

               case(5):

                break;

                case(6):

                    echo "<p>It took {$rollCount} times!</p>";

                    break;

           }

                           

          }

 

    ?>

 

 

but nothing happens. Sorry for the trouble. I find php fun so far and would love to learn more. Thanks for any help!

[Barand]

try

 

$count=0;
do {
    $roll = rand(1,6);
    $count++;
} while ($roll != 6);
echo $count;

[Barand]

If you want a pictorial record of the throws you could

 

$count=0;
do {
    $roll = rand(1,6);
    $count++;
    echo "<img src='dice.php?n=$roll' />";    // dice.php attached
} while ($roll != 6);
echo ' ' . $count . ' rolls<br>';

 

dice.php