>-----Original Message----- >From: Neil Smith [MVP, Digital media] [mailto:php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >The variable type you need is called an array, it has numerical indexes : >In PHP you can just omit the index and it'll be automatically >auto-incremented from zero, so there's no need to maintain a counter : > >$videos=array(); >while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_result)) { > $videos[]["id"] = $row["id"]; > $videos[]["video_link"] = $row["video_link"]; > $videos[]["video_thumbnail"] = $row["video_thumbname"]; > $videos[]["video_title"] = $row["video_title"]; > $videos[]["video_description"] = $row["video_description"]; > >}; > >print_r($videos); > [snip] You either want to be putting a $count in there, or assigning it all in one go, otherwise you're left with: $videos[0] == $row["id"] $videos[1] == $row["video_link"] etc. while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_result) { $videos[] = array( 'id' => $row['id'], 'video_link' => $row['video_link'], 'video_thumbnail' => $row['video_thumbname'], 'video_title' => $row['video_title'], 'video_description' => $row['video_description'], ); } >You can in PHP using "variable variables" but it gets very complicated and >hard to debug. >Stick with arrays so you can use stuff like > >for ($i=0; $i<count($videos); $i++) { > print_r($videos[$i]); >} > >or > >foreach ($videos as $video_index=>$video) { > print("Index : ".$video_index."<br />Contents : "); > print_r($video); >} > > >>I have 6 items on the page so I can hardcode <?=$id1?> for item 1 and > >Instead, use <?=$videos[0]["video_description"]?> and so on. And use <?php instead of <? just to be safe :) cheers, - Martin Norland, Sys Admin / Database / Web Developer, International Outreach x3257 The opinion(s) contained within this email do not necessarily represent those of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
