Hello, how to make this go from one item to the next?

[11Tami]

Hi, how do I make this go from one item to the next every second? It's not liking the end of my code. Please let me know, thanks very much.

 

<?php 
ini_set('error_reporting', 8191);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
$a = date('s');
$maximum=10;
$text[1] = "test1"; 
$text[2] = "test2"; 
$text[3] = "test3";
$text[4] = "test4";
$text[5] = "test5";
$text[6] = "test6";
$text[7] = "test7";
$text[8] = "test8";
$text[9] = "test9";
$text[10] = "test10";
$text++;
while($maximum>10){$text[1];}
echo "$text[a]"
?> 

[lemmin]

You can't increment an array like that and maximum never changes, you have to increment the index. I think you are looking for something like:

for($i=0;$i<$maximum;$i++)
echo $text[$i];

 

If you want to delay execution time, you can use the sleep() function:

for($i=0;$i<$maximum;$i++)
{
echo $text[$i];
sleep(1);
}

[11Tami]

Thanks very much, its not working, its pulling them all. I should be able to have one appear on the second, but there is no room for the $a variable in the echo, anyone know? Thanks.

[roopurt18]

Are you wanting the user's browser to update a value every 1 second?

[11Tami]

Sure am, also forgot to put this right above the array, thanks.

 

$text = Array();

 

<?php 
ini_set('error_reporting', 8191);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
$a = date('s');
$maximum=10;
$text = Array();
$text[1] = "test1"; 
$text[2] = "test2"; 
$text[3] = "test3";
$text[4] = "test4";
$text[5] = "test5";
$text[6] = "test6";
$text[7] = "test7";
$text[8] = "test8";
$text[9] = "test9";
$text[10] = "test10";
$text++;
while($maximum>10){$text[1];}
echo "$text[a]"
?>  

 

 

 

[roopurt18]

You can't use PHP to continuously update a user's browser, you'd need to use Javascript.

[11Tami]

Thanks, I'm not updating the browser, a page refresh is being done. Its to change to a new second only on the second that the page refreshes or loads.

 

At second 1 I need it to be should be showing "testone" etc. one at a time, not all at seconds at once.

 

<?php 
ini_set('error_reporting', 8191);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
$a = date('s');
$maximum=10;
$text = Array();
$text[1] = "testone"; 
$text[2] = "testtwo"; 
$text[3] = "testthree";
$text[4] = "testfour";
$text[5] = "testfive";
$text[6] = "testsix";
$text[7] = "testseven";
$text[8] = "testeight";
$text[9] = "testnine";
$text[10] = "testten";
$text++;
for($i=0;$i<$maximum;$i++)
echo $text[i].$a; 
?>  

[lemmin]

You will need to pass to your php what number it is currently on. To do this you can use the $_GET array and have the php change the javascript to "refresh" to the page adding "?num=1" (or whatever number) to the end.

[11Tami]

Thanks very much, the page is already refreshing the page another way. Can't I just get some text to show if it happens to be a certain second as long as a page is refreshing?

[lemmin]

Assuming you are using the system clock to determine when to change the page, theoretically you could sync the two, but not in a very efficient manner. The simplest way to do this is to change the javascript to put variable into the URL depending on the previous one.

[11Tami]

ok thanks I'll get started, if anyone knows of a way to do it similar to the above already, please let me know.