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I am trying to improve my code so it is smaller and more dynamic. Right now it allows me to only have 16 teams on my page. The code to construct my table looks like:

            <table border="0" align="center">
               <tr>
                  <td align="right">
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[0];
                     ?>
                  </td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="visitorOne" size=2 /></td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="homeOne" size=2 /></td>
                  <td>
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[1];
                     ?>
                  </td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                  <td align="right">
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[2];
                     ?>
                  </td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="visitorTwo" size=2 /></td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="homeTwo" size=2 /></td>
                  <td>
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[3];
                     ?>
                  </td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                  <td align="right">
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[4];
                     ?>
                  </td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="visitorThree" size=2 /></td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="homeThree" size=2 /></td>
                  <td>
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[5];
                     ?>
                  </td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                  <td align="right">
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[6];
                     ?>
                  </td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="visitorFour" size=2 /></td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="homeFour" size=2 /></td>
                  <td>
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[7];
                     ?>
                  </td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                  <td align="right">
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[8];
                     ?>
                  </td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="visitorFive" size=2 /></td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="homeFive" size=2 /></td>
                  <td>
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[9];
                     ?>
                  </td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                  <td align="right">
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[10];
                     ?>
                  </td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="visitorSix" size=2 /></td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="homeSix" size=2 /></td>
                  <td>
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[11];
                     ?>
                  </td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                  <td align="right">
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[12];
                     ?>
                  </td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="visitorSeven" size=2 /></td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="homeSeven" size=2 /></td>
                  <td>
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[13];
                     ?>
                  </td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                  <td align="right">
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[14];
                     ?>
                  </td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="visitorEight" size=2 /></td>
                  <td><input type="text" name="homeEight" size=2 /></td>
                  <td>
                     <?php
                        global $team;
                        echo $team[15];
                     ?>
                  </td>
               </tr>
            </table>

this was my attempt to make it more dynamic but I already see a problem arising.

            <table border="0" align="center">
               <?php
                  global $team;
                  $gameNumber = 1;
                  for( $i = 0 ; $i < count( $team ) ; $i++ )
                  {
                     echo "<tr>";
                     echo "<td align=\"right\">";
                     echo $team[$i];
                     echo "</td>";
                     echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"visitorOne\" size=2 /></td>";
                     echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"homeOne\" size=2 /></td>";
                     $i++;
                     echo "<td align=\"left\">";
                     echo $team[$i];
                     echo "</td>";
                     echo "</tr>";
                  }
               ?>
            </table>

The problem I see is when I create the inputs of type="text" with their names. The first row names should be visitorOne and homeOne and then the next row should be visitorTwo and homeTwo and so on. Is there a way to dynamically create my input names so I can successfully use them later on with the $_POST argument in another page that receives the Submit action? Thanks again for your help!

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I think this should work:

 

<?php

global $team;
$j = 0;
$word = array("One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven", "Eight");
for( $i = 0 ; $i < count($team) -1 ; $i++ )
{
if($i % 2 == 0)
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td align=\"right\">";
echo $team[$i];
echo "</td>";
echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"visitor".$word[$j]."\" size=2 /></td>";
echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"home".$word[$j]."\" size=2 /></td>";
$j++;
}
else
{
echo "<td align=\"left\">";
echo $team[$i];
echo "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}

?>

 

 

Orio.

The one problem I see with your solution is it still binds me to a static amount by setting array to "One" "Two" ... "Eight". What I am thinking is creating a loop like this:

 

$gameNumber;
for( $a = 1 ; $a < ( count( $team ) / 2 + 1 ) ; $a++ )
{
   $gameNumber[$a-1] = (string) $a;
}

 

My problem is the (string) $a returns "1" instead on "one" or "One". Is there a way to dynamically do this? Thanks again!

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