[SOLVED] for..loop question

[watthehell]

hi,

 

i was doing a for.. loop which comes at 10 interval and populate a list box,

 

can anyone guide me

i write this didn't work

 

 <? for($i=10;$i<=60;$i++){?>
	 <option value="<?=$i+9;?>"><? echo $i;?></option>
	 <? }?>

the output should be like this

00

10

20

30

40

50

 

any help.. plz

[Barand]

<?php
for ($i=0; $i<60; $i+=10)
{
     printf ("<option value='%02d'>%02d</option>\n", $i, $i);
}
?>

[watthehell]

Thanks a lot

 

<?php
for ($i=0; $i<60; $i+=10)
{
     printf ("<option value='%02d'>%02d</option>\n", $i, $i);
}
?>

 

Can you explain this please

printf ("<option value='%02d'>%02d</option>\n", $i, $i);

 

what is %02d for

 

anyway thanks it worked..

 

[hostfreak]

The manual can explain it better than I can, so: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php . Take a look at the format parameter explanation.

[Barand]

But basically it says

 

print as a 2 digit integer with leading zeros, so "0" becomes "00" and "10" etc stay as "10" (already 2 digits)

[watthehell]

Thanks a lot for your help...

 

Closing this thread now..