Why array don't contain all times?

[Lauj]

Can anyone tell why this doesn't work?

<?php
	if ($totalRows_rsSection >0 && $pixID == ""){
		if ($numOfCells ==1){
			//echo "<br>";			
			echo '<table width="535" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">';
			$numbOfRows = 1;
			$numbCellsFilled = 1;
			}
		while($row_rsSection = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsSection)){
			if ($numbOfRows == 1){
				echo '<tr>';
				$numbOfRows = 0;
				}		
			$fileName = $row_rsSection["fileName"];
			$location = $row_rsSection["path"];
			$picID = $row_rsSection["imgID"];
			$sectID = $row_rsSection["sectionID"];
			if ($numbCellsFilled <= 3){
				createThumbNail($picID, $self, $sectID, $location, $fileName);
				$numbCellsFilled++;
				}
			elseif($numbCellsFilled ==4){
				createThumbNail($picID, $self, $sectID, $location, $fileName);
				echo '</tr>';
				$numbCellsFilled = 1;
				$numbOfRows = 1;
				}
			$numPicsID = array($picID);
			}
			foreach($numPicsID as $value){
				echo "num pics ID: ".$value."<br>";
				}
		echo '</table>';
		}
?> 

My question is why when I have this, $numPicsID = array($picID);, as show above, only the last item is store in array. However, if I put this same code, $numPicsID = array($picID);, in the function, createThumbNail($picID, $self, $sectID, $location, $fileName);, then the array does store all of the items. Should either case be working? All I care is so I can get all the items into the array and access that variable from other place on the page.

ljCharlie

[chads2k2]

Hey cheif, you might want to make a query statement and possibly connect to a database before trying to call information out of it. Just letting ya know. If you got that then hit me back with your table structure. Lata,

Chad

[Lauj]

Thank you for the response. Actually the database connection is above those lines of code. There is no problem getting and conneccting to the database. But I figure out how to have the array store all the values now. The next question is, why can't I use this array, $numPicsID, to display the values in another part of the page?

ljCharlie

[PallaviDalvi]

maybe i'm wrong but

 
 $numPicsID = array($picID); 

shud be creating an array with only one location, each iteration of the loop replacing the previously assigned value. so in effect $numPicsID is being created as an array but contains only one element (the last assigned).

$numPicsID[$counter++] = $picID;

shud in my opinion do the trick.
however i am at a loss as to why the same works in the function!