Echo HTML coming out all jacked up...

[advancedfuture]

So this is the code, it should print a checkbox, the senders name, and the subject all one one line.

 

echo '<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="deleteMessage.php">';
while($u_name=mysql_fetch_array($results) and $u_subj=mysql_fetch_array($resultsSubj) and $u_msgid=mysql_fetch_array($resultsMsgID))
{
for($i = 0; $i < $num; $i++)
{
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"$u_msgid[$i]\" value=\"checkbox\" />";
echo "<a href =\"index.php?username=$u_name[$i]\">$u_name[$i]</a>";
echo "<a href=\"\">$u_subj[$i]</a>";
}
echo "<br />";
}
echo '</form>';
?>

 

However instead it outputs looking like this!

 

 

Now if i remove the code to insert the checkbox... all the messages get printed correctly line by line. And i don't know where all those extra checkboxes keep showing up from.

[revraz]

You have your { in the wrong place, it should be after the WHILE not after the echo.

 

Also, you dont want the form tag in your WHILE loop I dont think.

[advancedfuture]

yeah I moved the form tags outside of the loop and it prints out each line now... but still keeps adding a ton of checkboxes... updated the code in the box..

[revraz]

Whatever $num is set to is how many you get.

[revraz]

View the source and look at the checkbox names/values.

[advancedfuture]

Whatever $num is set to is how many you get.

 

if that was the case then shouldnt it also print out that many times '$u_name' and $u_subj'??

 

i put the form tags outside of the while loop and this is the new output..

 

 

updated code....

echo '<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="deleteMessage.php">';
while($u_name=mysql_fetch_array($results) and $u_subj=mysql_fetch_array($resultsSubj) and $u_msgid=mysql_fetch_array($resultsMsgID))
{
for($i = 0; $i < $num; $i++)
{
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"$u_msgid[$i]\" value=\"checkbox\" />";
echo "<a href =\"index.php?username=$u_name[$i]\">$u_name[$i]</a>";
echo "<a href=\"\">$u_subj[$i]</a>";
}
echo "<br />";
}
echo '</form>';
?>

 

 

The output HTML is showing up as

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="deleteMessage.php">
<input type="checkbox" name="1" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username=jfrank">jfrank</a>
<a href="">Test!</a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a><br />

<input type="checkbox" name="2" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username=jfrank">jfrank</a>
<a href="">Test!</a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a><br />

<input type="checkbox" name="3" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username=jfrank">jfrank</a>
<a href="">Test!</a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a>

<input type="checkbox" name="" value="checkbox" />
<a href ="index.php?username="></a>
<a href=""></a><br />

etc etc...

[revraz]

What sets $num?  Sounds like everything past 0 is empty.

[revraz]

If you want to echo the array, you should probably look at FOREACH instead of your for loop.

[advancedfuture]

still doesnt explain why if i comment out this one line.

 

//echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"$u_msgid[$i]\" value=\"checkbox\" />";

 

that all of the sudden the output appears just perfectly.

 

jfrank Test!
jfrank lulz
jfrank NUKKA WAH!!
jfrank HARDY HAR HAR HAR!!!!
jfrank HARDY HAR HAR HAR!!!!

 

 

$num is set via the following code.

 

$query = "SELECT mailFrom FROM mail WHERE rcpt = '$username'";
$results = mysql_query($query);
$num = mysql_num_rows($results);

[revraz]

Probably because you have two arrays going in the same while loop

[advancedfuture]

3 arrays in the while loop actually lol... so what would be my alternative solution?

[Ken2k7]

Can you post more of your code? Where are $resultsSubj and $resultsMsgID defined?