Loop to output arrays

[Cobby]

Hi all,

 

How do I get a loop to output an array.

 

If $i was any random value.

for example, if $i was 4

 

...

$i = '4';

...

 

then somehow, it would autmatically output the following array

 

$params[page1];

$params[page2];

$params[page3];

$params[page4];

 

Obivously, I would want the number page# to automatically increase by 1.

 

 

Cheers,

Cobby

 

[hackerkts]

Hmm.. I don't understand what you mean.

Maybe you could try

+1

at the back.

[cooldude832]

$i = 0;
$arraysize = 100;
while ($i < $arraysize)
{
$params[page$i] = $i;
$i++
}

 

something like that

[neel_basu]

I Didn't understand anything from your Post. Please explain more.

[cooldude832]

tell me what $params[pageN] are equal to and I can show you it

like

$params[page1] = "index";

$params[page2] = "users";

 

[Cobby]

I knew I didn't explain it too well. Its for a pagination system. 

 

Each time the writer creates a certain tag (smarty template engine, similar to an include/require), it will get it to add 1 to $i.

 

And for each $i, I need to output an array.

 

$params['pageN'];

....

 

N should start at one, and finish when its equal to $i.

 

So if $i is set to 3, it will make an array that looks like:

 

$params['page1'];

$params['page2'];

$params['page3'];

 

To understand the $params['pageN'] stuff, have a look here -> http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/User_Handbook/Admin_Panel/Extensions/User_Defined_Tags

[Cobby]

tell me what $params[pageN] are equal to and I can show you it

like

$params[page1] = "index";

$params[page2] = "users";

 

 

The value of each $param['pageN'] will be set by the user, see the link in my post above.

[Cobby]

Thanks for the help everyone, I am now getting somewhere. Ill just quickly explain the smarty template engine. On any of my pages, I can add for example:

 

....

{hi}

....

 

And it will search where every smarty stores its tags (either database or file) and output what every is in it.

 

So if I made a tag called {hi}, and its contents was

echo "Hello World";

 

Anywhere in a page, if I put {hi}, it would output Hello World.

 

With the $params thing. If the contents of {hi} was:

 

echo "Hello World! My name is ".$params['myname'];

 

Anywhere on a page, if I put

....

{hi myname="Cobby"}

....

it would output

Hello World! My name is Cobby

 

So $params is just a special variable so that someone without programming knowledge can have some input on the code easily.

 

So now thats out of the way. I am making a pagination system for long articles. Here are the following tags I have created:

 

{i}

$i = "0";

 

{page]

echo "<div class=\"virtualpage5\">";
$i++;

 

{qpage}

echo "</div>";

 

{pagination}

echo "
<div id=\"galleryselect\" class=\"paginationstyle\">
<a href=\"#\" rel=\"previous\">Prev</a> <select style=\"width: 120px\"></select> <a href=\"#\" rel=\"next\">Next</a>
</div>

<script type=\"text/javascript\">
var gallery=new virtualpaginate(\"virtualpage5\", 1)
gallery.buildpagination(\"galleryselect\", [
";

echo $page['1'];

echo "
])
</script>
";

 

So the at the start, the user will put {i}. Since PHP is a loosely typed language, a variable doesn't need to be set before you use it, but I wasn't sure if it was affected, so I just added that (I will add an if statement to {page}).

 

Then, the content for each page will go between the {page} and {qpage} tags.

 

Then at the bottom, add the {pagination} tag.

 

So the finally code will look like this:

{i}

{page}

Page 1.

{qpage}

{page}

Page 2.

{qpage}

{page}

Page 3

{qpage}

{page}

Page 4

{qpage}

{pagination}

 

But the actually output code from smarty will be:

$i = "0";

echo "<div class=\"virtualpage5\">";
$i++;

Page 1

echo "</div>";

echo "<div class=\"virtualpage5\">";
$i++;

Page 2

echo "</div>";

echo "<div class=\"virtualpage5\">";
$i++;

Page 3

echo "</div>";

$a = "0";

while ($a!=$i){
$page[$a] = "\"".$params[$a]."\", ";
$a++;
}

echo "
<div id=\"galleryselect\" class=\"paginationstyle\">
<a href=\"#\" rel=\"previous\">Prev</a> <select style=\"width: 120px\"></select> <a href=\"#\" rel=\"next\">Next</a>
</div>

<script type=\"text/javascript\">
var gallery=new virtualpaginate(\"virtualpage5\", 1)
gallery.buildpagination(\"galleryselect\", [
";

echo $page['1'];

echo "
])
</script>
";

 

There is a javascript include at the start of the page, but you don't need to see it.

To see the result of that, go to -> http://www.diycomputing.com.au/index.php?page=pagination

 

But the only thing it, I want the user to be able to specify the name of the each page in the drop down box.

 

Cheers,

Cobby

[Cobby]

For some reason, I can't edit my previous post.

 

I made a mistake in {pagination}, it goes as follows:

echo "
<div id=\"galleryselect\" class=\"paginationstyle\">
<a href=\"#\" rel=\"previous\">Prev</a> <select style=\"width: 120px\"></select> <a href=\"#\" rel=\"next\">Next</a>
</div>

<script type=\"text/javascript\">
var gallery=new virtualpaginate(\"virtualpage5\", 1)
gallery.buildpagination(\"galleryselect\", [
";

//I need the array to output here, its needs to have correct javascript syntax, so it will be->  \"".$params['pageN']."\", 

echo "
])
</script>
";

 

If you want to know more about the actually javascript pagination stuff, it can be found at -> http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/virtualpagination.htm.

I am using 'Demo 5'.

 

EDIT: WOW! Forgot to mention this, I will use the $params['pageN'] so that users can name each drop down menu, so for the pagination tag, the will put in:

{pagination page1="Page 1- Intro" page2="Page 2 - Overview" ...etc, etc.

 

Cheers,

Cobby