Is there an easier way too...

[jefterwil]

write this:

if ($photo == "photo1") $pic = "Photo 1";
if ($photo == "photo2") $pic = "Photo 2";
if ($photo == "photo3") $pic = "Photo 3";
if ($photo == "photo4") $pic = "Photo 4";
if ($photo == "photo5") $pic = "Photo 5";
if ($photo == "photo6") $pic = "Photo 6";

Form radio variable being processed to use as text

[swr]

Regular expressions are usually the best way to parse a string (in this case, to extract the number):

if (preg_match('/^photo(\\d+)$/', $photo, $matches)) {
    $pic = 'Photo '.$matches[1];
}

[jefterwil]

Thanks, it worked. I'm a novice and I'll have to look up what all of the shorthand means.