On 02 December 2005 13:06, Bastien Koert wrote:
> <?php for ($j=ord('A'); $j <= ord('Z'); $j++) {
> echo "| <b><a
> href='alpha.php?artist=".chr($j)."'>".chr($j)."</a></b> ";
>
> } ?>
>
> You need to use the ORD function to get the numerical ascii
> equivalent of the letter and the CHR function to go back the other
> way.
Gak! That's almost worse than the original!!
>
> Bastien
>
>
> > From: Mohamed Yusuf <myainab@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: problem of transmiting variabl into another page?
> > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:30:12 +0200
> >
> > I am transmitting variable from one of my pages and I would like to
> > match that variable into mysql data. it won't return data.
> > my code is this.
> >
> > <?php for ($j=A; $j <= Z; $j++) {
> > echo "| <b><a href='alpha.php?artist=$j'>$j</a></b> |";
> > if ($j == Z) {
> > break;
> > }
> > } ?>
1. You have unquoted strings -- should be 'A' and 'Z'.
2. The test condition in your for is wrong (and either that or the break is redundant).
Here's how I'd write it:
for ($j='A'; $j!='AA'; $j++):
echo "| <b><a href='alpha.php?artist=$j'>$j</a></b> |";
endfor;
Cheers!
Mike
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