Re: Calling strings from fgets

On 14 Aug, Kris Howl wrote: > Hello, > > I have a voting script I knocked up. And in poll.php4 there are the 6 > options of what the user can choose. These options are defined in $option# = > "Choice number #"; > > # Being replaced with a number from 1 to 6. > > In results.php4 which shows the graph of how many votes each option has > taken, I want the $option# to appear above the graphic bar. > > This is what I have: > ---------- > function readvar() { > > $openvar = fopen("poll.php4","r"); > $getvars = fgets($openvar,400000); > > global $op1, $op2, $op3, $op4, $op5, $op6; > > $op1 = $getvars["$option1"]; > $op2 = $option2; > $op3 = $option3; > $op4 = $option4; > $op5 = $option5; > $op6 = $option6; > fclose($openvar); > > } > > readvar(); > print $op1; > --------- I'm not clear exactly what you are expecting this to do, but what it actually appears to do is get the first line from poll.php4 and assign it to the variable $getvars AS A STRING. Then when you attempt to treat $getvars as an array, you are looking at probably the "" element, as most likely $option1 is unset. So $op1 is most likely empty. If this is database driven, could you not create a table with the voting options, then call on that table to create a list of options? Or just build an array with the options? Cheers -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA