hellp if statements !

[trooper]

Hi Guys

Why does the if statement for the 3rd $i work (it won\'t pass any value for $question_3!!)

help

if($i ==\"2\")
{
if($question_2 == $value)
{ $status =\"checked\";
}else{
$status =\"\";
}
$question_setup .=\"<input type=\\"radio\\" name=\\"question_2\\" value=\\"$value\\" $status>$value\n\";
}

if($i ==\"3\")
{

if($question_3 == $value)
{
$status =\"checked\";
}else{ $status =\"\";
}
$question_setup .=\"<input type=\\"radio\\" name=\\"question_3\\" value=\\"$value\\" $status>$value\n\";
}

if($i ==\"4\")
{
if($question_4 == $value)
{
$status =\"checked\";
}else{
$status =\"\";
}
$question_setup .=\"<input type=\\"radio\\" name=\\"question_4\\" value=\\"$value\\" $status>$value\n\";
}

[[deleted]]

Probably because you are feeding it the wrong values.
$i must be 3, and $question_3 must be $value.
if not, it won't work.

So start printing the values of $i and $question_3 and see what's wrong.

[amcgrath]

Just outta curousity, why don't you sue a switch statement instead?

[trooper]

Done that and i know it works.

How do i know well if i add a 4th question and 3 answers i can retain the selected choice for question 4.

I'm streamlined the code after a reminder from
Allen McGrath

for($i=1;$i<$num_results+1;$i++)
	{		
		$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
		$question_setup .= $row["question_copy"];
		$question_setup .="<br>";

		$SQL1 = "SELECT id,answer_copy FROM answers WHERE question_number = $i AND competition_number ='$this_competition_id'";

		$result1 = mysql_query($SQL1);						
		$answer_results = mysql_num_rows($result1);						


		for($x=1;$x<($answer_results+1);$x++)
		{
		 	$row = mysql_fetch_array($result1);
			$id = $row["id"];
		 	$value = $row["answer_copy"];

			switch($i)
			{
			 	case "1":
			 	  if($question_1 == $value)
				  {
				   	 $status ="checked";
				  }else{
				  	 $status ="";				 	 
				  }
				  $question_setup .="<input type=\"radio\" name=\"question_1\" value=\"$value\" $status>$value\n";
				break;

				case "2":
				  if($question_2 == $value)
				  {
				   	 $status ="checked";
				  }else{
				  	 $status ="";
				  }
			 	 $question_setup .="<input type=\"radio\" name=\"question_2\" value=\"$value\" $status>$value\n";
			  	break;

				case "3":
				  if($question_3 == $value)
				  {
				   	 $status ="checked";
				  }else{
				  	 $status ="";
				  }
			 	 $question_setup .="<input type=\"radio\" name=\"question_3\" value=\"$value\" $status>$value\n";					
				break;
			}

		} 

It's still number 3 that is not keeping its value

TO see what i mean goto http://competitions.andbookonline.com

You'll see from the source ocde that it is working as it should

APART from question 3

Come on guys sure we all can't be incompident coders? :-P

Gary Mailer

[[deleted]]

Uhm...

what is this line doing inside the form?

<input type="hidden" name="question_3" value="">

at line 122 of the rendered source.