Dynamic Variables with a counter

Hi, I am trying to improve my code and remove the many similar if statements. Currently I have over 200 if statements in a very detailed and complex page that does many different checks. These are in the following format: $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM blah WHERE playerid = '$p101' ORDER BY player_team, lastname"); if ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { ........ }; $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nbaplayers WHERE playerid = '$p102' ORDER BY player_team, lastname"); if ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { .... } through to p125, then it repeats from p201 to p225, p301 to p325, p401 through to p425. What I am now trying to do is have a counter, counter1, which starts at 101 for the first section. Having a while statement, I could then remove 24 of these if statements (the insides of these are fairly long for formatting the output), and I would have to add the $p to the counter in the hope of it giving me the player id. (value currently assigned to $p101, $p102, etc). I have tried a number of different things, all without success. Some of the things I have tried are below: $counter1=101; $value=$("p".$counter1); OR $counter1=101; $value1="p".$counter1; $value="$".$value1; These are probably the closest two, but both just give me a string $p101 and not a variable. Has anybody got an idea how I could use a counter to demonstrate a variable name that already has a value assigned? Thank you for your time. Michael Webmaster Real General Manager, Inc. http://www.realgm.com