[SOLVED] How to get ++ to work in a $list table

[Greaser9780]

This is my code:

while($r=mysql_fetch_array($sql1))

{

$rank=1;

$list = "<table>";

$list .="<td width='61'>$rank </td>;

$list .="<td width='150' align='left'>".$r['name']."</TD>";

$list .="<td width='150' align='left'>".$r['1pick']."</td>";

$list .="<td width='50' align='left'>".$r['1pos']."</td>";

$list .="</table>";

 

echo $list;

}

 

How can I incorporate $rank++ so that my rank continues to 2 on the 2nd listing?

[Jessica]

Put $rank=1 outside the loop, and inside it do $rank++;

[marcus]

$rank=1;
while($r=mysql_fetch_array($sql1)){
$list = "<table>";
$list .="<td width='61'>$rank </td>;
$list .="<td width='150' align='left'>".$r['name']."</TD>";
$list .="<td width='150' align='left'>".$r['1pick']."</td>";
$list .="<td width='50' align='left'>".$r['1pos']."</td>";
$list .="</table>";

$rank++;
echo $list;
}

[Greaser9780]

Thanks for the input. Why does the $rank++ go outside of the $list? It works that way but why?

 

[Jessica]

mgall's code has a missing ", as obvious by the colors.

$list is a string of html. $rank++ is php incrementing a variable. That's why they don't go together....

[Greaser9780]

Happy to hear the answer. I tried about 10 differentways to incorporate it into the table or td but to no avail.As usual ty for the expert advice.