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  • google@charliefortune.com
    #1

    printing html table elements inside php script

    I would like to print a table, using a while loop to insert as many
    blank text fields as players specified by the user. How do I put html
    inside a php loop.


    This is what I have....

    <body>
    <form name="results" method="post">
    Number of players:<input type ="textarea" name="number_pl ayers">
    <input name="Submit" type="submit"></form>
    <?php
    $x=0;
    while ($x<$number_pla yers){
    print ("Place : $x<br>");
    $variable ="<input type="textarea" name=$x>";
    print($variable );
    $x++;
    }


    </body>


    (I did a search, but didn't understand the answer I found)

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    • Alvaro G Vicario
      #2
      Re: printing html table elements inside php script

      *** google@charlief ortune.com wrote/escribió (10 Jun 2005 08:50:45 -0700):[color=blue]
      > How do I put html inside a php loop.[/color]

      That's explained in the very first chapter of the manual:

      http://php.grn.es/manual/en/introduction.php


      There you have a link to further explanations:

      http://php.grn.es/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.php#language.basic-syntax.phpmode

      [color=blue]
      > <?php
      > $x=0;
      > while ($x<$number_pla yers){
      > print ("Place : $x<br>");
      > $variable ="<input type="textarea" name=$x>";
      > print($variable );
      > $x++;
      > }
      >
      >
      > </body>[/color]

      Didn't you get a parse error?


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        • Ken Robinson
          #3
          Re: printing html table elements inside php script



          google@charlief ortune.com wrote (in part):[color=blue]
          > I would like to print a table, using a while loop to insert as many
          > blank text fields as players specified by the user. How do I put html
          > inside a php loop.
          >
          >
          > This is what I have....
          >
          > <body>
          > <form name="results" method="post">
          > Number of players:<input type ="textarea" name="number_pl ayers">
          > <input name="Submit" type="submit"></form>
          > <?php
          > $x=0;
          > while ($x<$number_pla yers){
          > print ("Place : $x<br>");
          > $variable ="<input type="textarea" name=$x>";
          > print($variable );
          > $x++;
          > }
          >
          >
          > </body>[/color]

          You almost have it right. Here's one way of doing what you want.
          <?
          $tmp = array();
          $tmp[] = '<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" name="results"
          method="post">' ;
          $tmpv = (isset($_POST['number_of_play ers']))?' value="' .
          $_POST['number_of_play ers'] . '"':'';
          $tmp[] = 'Number of players: <input type="text"
          name="number_of _players"' . $tmpv . '>';
          if (isset($_POST['number_of_play ers']))
          for ($i=0;$i<$_POST['number_of_play ers'];$i++)
          $tmp[] = 'Place ' . $i . ': <input type="text" name="place[' .
          $i . ']">';
          $tmp[] = '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> ';

          echo implode("<br>\n ",$tmp)."\n ";
          ?>

          Some explanation.

          The first time a user brings up the form, just input box labeled
          "Number of players" is displayed. When the user fills it in and presses
          "submit", the form is redisplayed with the appropriate number of input
          boxes.

          More code is needed for this form to do anything else and I have done
          no error checking, such as making sure that the input is really a
          number.

          Ken

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            • Chuck Anderson
              #4
              Re: printing html table elements inside php script

              google@charlief ortune.com wrote:
              [color=blue]
              >I would like to print a table, using a while loop to insert as many
              >blank text fields as players specified by the user. How do I put html
              >inside a php loop.
              >
              >
              >This is what I have....
              >
              ><body>
              ><form name="results" method="post">
              >Number of players:<input type ="textarea" name="number_pl ayers">
              ><input name="Submit" type="submit"></form>
              ><?php
              > $x=0;
              > while ($x<$number_pla yers){
              > print ("Place : $x<br>");
              > $variable ="<input type="textarea" name=$x>";
              > print($variable );
              > $x++;
              > }
              >
              >
              ></body>
              >
              >
              >(I did a search, but didn't understand the answer I found)
              >
              >
              >[/color]
              I recently saw a post saying this was bad form or something, but it's
              what I always do. You can use open and close tags all you want, so I
              close php and just put in the HTML (echoing any Php variables):

              <?php
              $x=0;
              while ($x<$number_pla yers) {
              ?>
              / Place : <?= $x ?> <br>
              <input type="textarea" name=<?= $x ?>>

              /<?php
              $x++;
              }
              ?>
              </body>

              I find that this makes the script much more readable and it's easier to
              place correct and well structured HTML.

              BTW, there is no input type=textarea. It's type=text or if you really
              meant a textarea, they have their own tags <textarea
              name=textareana me></textarea>

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                • Chuck Anderson
                  #5
                  Re: printing html table elements inside php script

                  Chuck Anderson wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  >google@charlie fortune.com wrote:
                  >
                  >
                  >[color=green]
                  >>I would like to print a table, using a while loop to insert as many
                  >>blank text fields as players specified by the user. How do I put html
                  >>inside a php loop.
                  >>
                  >>
                  >>This is what I have....
                  >>
                  >><body>
                  >><form name="results" method="post">
                  >>Number of players:<input type ="textarea" name="number_pl ayers">
                  >><input name="Submit" type="submit"></form>
                  >><?php
                  >> $x=0;
                  >> while ($x<$number_pla yers){
                  >> print ("Place : $x<br>");
                  >> $variable ="<input type="textarea" name=$x>";
                  >> print($variable );
                  >> $x++;
                  >> }
                  >>
                  >>
                  >></body>
                  >>
                  >>
                  >>(I did a search, but didn't understand the answer I found)
                  >>
                  >>
                  >>
                  >>
                  >>[/color]
                  >I recently saw a post saying this was bad form or something, but it's
                  >what I always do. You can use open and close tags all you want, so I
                  >close php and just put in the HTML (echoing any Php variables):
                  >
                  ><?php
                  >$x=0;
                  >while ($x<$number_pla yers) {
                  >?>
                  >/ Place : <?= $x ?> <br>
                  ><input type="textarea" name=<?= $x ?>>
                  >
                  >/<?php
                  >$x++;
                  >}
                  >?>
                  ></body>
                  >
                  >I find that this makes the script much more readable and it's easier to
                  >place correct and well structured HTML.
                  >
                  >BTW, there is no input type=textarea. It's type=text or if you really
                  >meant a textarea, they have their own tags <textarea
                  >name=textarean ame></textarea>
                  >
                  >
                  >[/color]
                  Not sure how those slashes (/) got there, but they're not supposed to be
                  there.

                  <?php
                  $x=0;
                  while ($x<$number_pla yers) {
                  ?>
                  Place : <?= $x ?> <br>
                  <input type="textarea" name=<?= $x ?>>

                  <?php
                  $x++;
                  }
                  ?>
                  </body>


                  --
                  *************** **************
                  Chuck Anderson • Boulder, CO
                  Chuck Anderson's Cycle Tourist Home Page
                  http://www.CycleTourist.com

                  Integrity is obvious.
                  The lack of it is common.
                  *************** **************

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