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Skeptar
Skeptar

Reputation: 27

PHP reading database with a variable

I want to read 5 attributes of the database. The 5 attributes have the names post_image_1, post_image_2, post_image_3, post_image_4 and post_image_5. Now I want to show the 5 images on my page, with a for loop.

Here is the loop:

for($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++){
    echo "<img src='image/$row[post_image_$i].png' height='250px' width='250px'>";
}

Now I get an error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$i' (T_VARIABLE), expecting ']' in

I hope that's enough info to help me. :P

Upvotes: 0

Views: 57

Answers (2)

LG_PDX
LG_PDX

Reputation: 809

Try this, using string concatenation, it gets at the right field in the array. I'm assuming $row is declared already and contains the keys 'post_image_1', 'post_image_2'... 

for($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++){
    echo "<img src='image/" . $row['post_image_' . $i] . ".png' height='250px' width='250px'>";
}

Upvotes: 2

rm-vanda
rm-vanda

Reputation: 3158

Since you're using arrays, do this:

for($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++){
    echo '<img src="image/'.$row['post_image_'.$i].'png" height="250px" width="250px">';
}

Upvotes: 4

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