while loops

[RobP]

I have the following code which displays questions and a text area where the answer to the question can be placed.

My problem is that I am trying to name the textareas
"answer1" "answer2" etc.
At the moment it is coming up with "answer1cols%3D30", when it is posted.

any ideas????

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "\n<tr>\n<td>".
"<b>Question Number:</b>".
$row["question_id"].
"</td>\n</tr>";

echo "\n<tr>\n<td>".
$row["question"].
"</td>\n</tr>";

echo "\n<tr>\n<td>".
"<textarea name= answer". $row["question_id"]."cols=30 rows=10></textarea>".
"</td>\n</tr>";

}

[Blob]

Try this:

echo "\n<tr>\n<td>". 
"<textarea name=answer".$row["question_id"]." cols=30 rows=10></textarea>". 
"</td>\n</tr>";

A space before cols - if the question id was for example... 460, It'd be:
name=answer1460cols=30 rows=10
Good luck! 🙂

EDIT: Also, why do you use " ? The variables aren't inside the quotes, so you may as well use ' - php doesn't parse that so it's quicker. 🙂

[mazsolt]

Your html code will contain:

<textarea name=answerxxxcols=30 rows=10 ...
the name of the control will be answerxxxcols=30

You must insert a space between answerxxx and cols.