Re: dynamic variables in a while loop?

Thanks everyone! Works great! Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Emery" <remery@emeryloftus.com> To: "Philipp Hartmann" <heart@gsdh.org>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] dynamic variables in a while loop? > for($ii=1; $ii<20; $ii++) > { > $helpz = "help$ii"; > if(${$helpz} == "yes) > { > } > else > { > } > } > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philipp Hartmann" <heart@gsdh.org> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:50 AM > Subject: [PHP] dynamic variables in a while loop? > > > Hi everyone. > I am more of an ActionScript person, but I have to do this one in php. > Should > be easy for everyone familiar with php syntax... > > Here is what I want to do: > I am getting several variables into a Php Script such as: > > help1 = "yes" / "no" > help2 = "yes" / "no" > . > . > . > helpX = "yes" / "no" > > I need to check whether the variable is true or false, and according to that > add > 1 to a counter variable. > > Something like this I'd do in ActionScript, but dont know about php > [CODE] > $i = 0; > While (++$i <= 8) { > if ([help]+$i=="yes"){ // this line produces an error... > $counterYes += counterYes; > } > } > [/CODE] > > Do I have to initialize all variables before I can use them in php? > > Thank you very, very much for your time and your help!! > Philipp > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >