[RESOLVED] need help with a very simple script (2 lines)

[dayo]

<?php $number=$_POST['number'};?>
<?php for ($x = 1; $x != .$number. ; $x++) { echo "lolz ".$x." times.<br />"; } ?>

that is the script i got it to work like this

<?php for ($x = 1; $x != 20 ; $x++) { echo "lolz ".$x." times.<br />"; } ?>

but want it so a user posts a number it will then bring up that amount of mumbers

btw lolz is just a word for testing

[coldwerturkey]

search "php tutorials" to find some basic php tutorials - you have three typo's & one mistake that you wouldn't have if you knew the basics of php

This is a developers forum, not for spoon feeding answers to the simplest of problems.

[bradgrafelman]

Specifically, you have "$_POST['number'}" on the first line (note that you use '[' and then '}' to close). See this manual page for an introduction to arrays: [man]types.array[/man].

Your second problem comes from the fact that you surrounded $number with periods in the for() conditional. Why is that? Periods like that are only used for concatenation (or joining two separate string pieces together). Since you aren't joining $number with another string, then you're not concatenating anything. See this manual page for more information on string operators (e.g. concatenation): [man]operators.string[/man].

[dayo]

thank you very much i feel stupid now

@ coldwerturkey

that is why i posted it here

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[cretaceous]

dont worry dayo - his username has taken him over