change end number of variable

[ThomasJSmart]

hi, im a bit stuck here,

i have a variable called $name

now i need to get a list of $name with a number on the end,
and i need the number to change with every pass,
like this:

$n=1; 
include '../connect.php';
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ppl",$db);
while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result))
   {
   $user$n = $myrow[first]; $n=$n+1;
   }
mysql_close();

so i would get a variable list like this

$user1 = name1
$user2 = name2
$user3 = name3
$user4 = name4
$user5 = name5

exept its not working, i think its mostly because of the $user$n bit, but im not sure

how can i solve this?

many thanks,
Thomas Smart

 

[ThomasJSmart]

hah! iv solved it
i just removed $user from $user$n

DUH!!!!!

 

[danielhozac]

Why don't you just use an array? This is exactly what arrays are for.
An example:

$users = array();
$i = 1;
include '../connect.php';
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ppl",$db);
while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
    $users[$i] = $myrow[first];
    $i++;
}
mysql_close();

Then $users[1] would contain name1, $users[2] woudl contain name2 etc. //Daniel

 

[ThomasJSmart]

cool this works too,

thnx

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