[FX.php List] Creating Reusable Code

[Andy Gaunt]

Jonathon,

Try the following.

<?php
echo '<tr  class="ver10" valign="top">';
$total = 10;
$counter = 1;
while ($counter <= $total) {
	echo '<td><input name="'.$term.$ counter.'" type="text"
id="'.$term.$ counter.'" size="'.$termwidth.$ counter.'"></td>';
	$ counter ++;  
}	
echo '</tr>';
?>

Changing the value for the while statement will let you increase or decrease
the number of cells created.

Another option is a 'for' loop


$total = 20;
echo '<tr  class="ver10" valign="top">';
for($counter=0; $counter < $total; $counter++) { 
	echo '<td><input name="'.$term.$counter.'" type="text"
id="'.$term.$counter.'" size="'.$termwidth.$counter.'"></td>';
}
echo '</tr>'; 




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[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Schwartz
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 11:54 AM
To: FX.php Discussion List
Subject: [FX.php List] Creating Reusable Code

Hi Folks,

I'm attempting to get more efficient with scripting.

My first step was to remove hard-code field names from my favorite 
search and display script, creating variables for each field and 
defining those variables at the top of the document.  This works 
great.  Now, I can re-purpose the script for another db and layout by 
just changing the field variables at the top of the page, instead of 
ripping apart the entire document.

The second area I'm looking at is to reduce the repetition of 
repetitive code (example below actually has 10+ iterations) and use 
an iterative loop to accomplish the same, counting from 1 to n lines.

Is that possible/reasonable/reccomended/etc?

Thanks

Jonathan


<tr  class="ver10" valign="top">
	<td><input name="<? echo $term1; ?>" type="text" id="<? echo 
$term1; ?>" size="<? echo $termwidth1; ?>"></td>
	<td><input name="<? echo $term2; ?>" type="text" id="<? echo 
$term2; ?>" size="<? echo $termwidth2; ?>"></td>
	<td><input name="<? echo $term3; ?>" type="text" id="<? echo 
$term3; ?>" size="<? echo $termwidth3; ?>"></td>
-- 

Jonathan Schwartz
FileMaker 8 Certified  Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
Schwartz & Company
jonathan at eschwartz.com
http://www.eschwartz.com
http://www.exit445.com
415-381-1852

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