Combat Engine

[Haddman]

I'm creating a combat engine for a game i'm working on and i'm have a problem wich i can't seem to figure out, one problem is that the "while" function doesn't stop.

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
	echo "You have encountered a level ".$monster['lvl']." ".$monster['monster']."<p>";
		if(isset($_POST['submit']) && !isset($_POST['fight'])){
			echo "<form method='post' action='".$self."'><input type='submit' name='fight' value='Attack the ".$monster['monster']."'><input type='hidden' name='submit'><input type='hidden' name='fight'></form>";
		}
	if(isset($_POST['fight'])){
		while($stats['curhp']>=1 && $monster['curhp']>=1){
			if($stats['bab']+$rand>=$monster['ac']){
				echo "You penetrated the ".$monster['monster']."'s armour and took ".$damage." Hitpoints";
				mysql_query("UPDATE `monster` SET `curhp`=`curhp`-'".$damage."' WHERE `monster`='".$monster['monster']."' AND `lvl`='".$monster['lvl']."' LIMIT 1");
			}else{
				echo "Your attack was unsuccesfull";
			}
			if($monster['bab']+$rand>=$stats['body']+$stats['shield']){
					echo "The monster penetrated your armour and took ".$mdamage." Hitpoints";
					mysql_query("UPDATE `stats` SET `curhp`=`curhp`-'".$mdamage."' WHERE `id`='".$_SESSION['id']."' LIMIT 1");
				if($mdamage>$stats['curhp']){
					$mdamage=$stats['hp'];
				}else{
					$mdamage=rand(1,4)+$monster['str'];
				}
			}
			if($stats['curhp']<=0){
				echo "You were killed by the monster";
			}
			if($monster['curhp']<=0){
				echo "You slew the monster";
				mysql_query("UPDATE `monster` SET `curhp`=`maxhp` WHERE `monster`='".$monster['monster']."' AND `lvl`='".$monster['lvl']."' LIMIT 1");
			}
		}
	}
}

[Kudose]

You need to update the $stats and $monster array's either before or after you update the database. They are currently never updated.

[Haddman]

Any suggestions on how i might do that?

[Weedpacket]

Well, you're the one who knows what they're supposed to be updated to (the values now in the database? Something else?) So how is something you have to answer. But presumably when you do it would be immediately before the end of the while loop.