Want to add 1 to a string :~

[Anon]

Ok here's my problem. It's stupid I know, but my brain is fried.

I have a string named item ($item) the value for item varies (ie 1235, or 6598, 9865, etc.

I have it set up so that each item is named something different. so (item = 1235; and item1 = 6598, and item2 = 9865, etc)

I want to use these values on another page through use of a form. Instead of referring to each string as item1, item2, item3 etc. I want to us the WHILE statement refer to it once as item and then add a number the next time it loops. I can't do item++ because it adds 1 to the value of item not change item to item1.

How do i do this. I know this is kinda vague. But if you understand please help.

[van__]

<?
$item = 500;
$int = 1;
${'item'.$int}=$item;
echo $item1;
?>

[Anon]

My advice: don't do it this way.

Instead, turn $item into an array.

like if you said:
$item = 5432;
$item1 = 3334;
$item2 = 9980;

you could instead say:
$item[] = 5432;
and so on. each time you want to assign something to the end of the array, just use empty brackets. ($item[]) or if you want to assign to a specific node of the array, just do it ($item[2] = 9980).

then, instead of using a while loop, you can use an easy foreach:

foreach ($item as $value){
do something to $value;
}

may not seem easy if you don't know much about arrays, but it's sooooo much cleaner.