[FX.php List] Creating Reusable Code

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Andy,

Thanks for the help.

I understand the approach now, but can't get the code to work.  I 
reworked it a couple dozen times and still am getting the literal 
value of "$term1" instead of the value of the variable, previously 
defined on the page.

 From the resulting html source code:
<tr>
<td><input name="$term1"></td><td><input name="$term2"></td>


Here's my current php code:
<? $term1 = "fieldnamesoand so"; ?>
<snip>
<snip>
<tr>
<?php
$total = 11;
$counter = 1;
while ($counter <= $total) {
	$beginning="\$term";
	$termcurrent = $beginning.$counter;
	echo '<td><input name="'.$termcurrent.'"></td>';
	$counter ++; 
}
echo "</tr>";
?>



Jonathan




>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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>-----Original Message-----
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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
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>Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>Schwartz & Company
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Jonathan Schwartz
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Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
Schwartz & Company
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http://www.exit445.com
415-381-1852