PHP help!

[techdaemon]

How can I run/execute this in php based on user input? For example I will let a user define the number, then I want this to be executed X times where X is the number he entered.

                if (@write_file($name, chr(0), 0)) {
                    clearstatcache();
                    printf(lang(381), $html_name);
                    unset($list[$v]);
                    $time = filemtime($name); while (isset($list[$time])) { $time++; }
                    $list[$time] = array('name' => $name, "size" => bytesToKbOrMbOrGb(filesize($name)), "date" => $time);
                } 

techdaemon Reviewed by techdaemon on 7th Nov 2010. PHP help! How can I run/execute this in php based on user input? For example I will let a user define the number, then I want this to be executed X times where X is the number he entered. if (@write_file($name, chr(0), 0)) { clearstatcache(); printf(lang(381), $html_name); unset($list); $time = filemtime($name); while (isset($list)) { $time++; } $list = array('name' => $name, "size" => bytesToKbOrMbOrGb(filesize($name)), "date" => $time); } Rating: 5

[timtamboy63]

You mean like via a form?

[techdaemon]

yes. to make it simpler, how can I execute something like echo "I love you<br />"; X times where X is the number the user entered via a form?

[immortalxx]

google html forums, u need an input box and a submit button you can also use $_GET variable google that as well

changing ur url like site.com?getVarHere=2

then process that in php

$total = $_GET['getVarHere'];

[Gaurav]

assuming that u accept a post field number via the form:

$count = (int)($_POST['number']); //changed the value to integer type casted...

for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){
if (@write_file($name, chr(0), 0)) { 
                    clearstatcache(); 
                    printf(lang(381), $html_name); 
                    unset($list[$v]); 
                    $time = filemtime($name); while (isset($list[$time])) { $time++; } 
                    $list[$time] = array('name' => $name, "size" => bytesToKbOrMbOrGb(filesize($name)), "date" => $time); 
                }  
} 

[immortalxx]

assuming that u accept a post field number via the form:

$count = $_POST['number'];

for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){
if (@write_file($name, chr(0), 0)) { 
                    clearstatcache(); 
                    printf(lang(381), $html_name); 
                    unset($list[$v]); 
                    $time = filemtime($name); while (isset($list[$time])) { $time++; } 
                    $list[$time] = array('name' => $name, "size" => bytesToKbOrMbOrGb(filesize($name)), "date" => $time); 
                }  
} 

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for the day. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.

[immortalxx]

yes. to make it simpler, how can I execute something like echo "I love you<br />"; X times where X is the number the user entered via a form?

Point proven

take a look at this tech
http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.for.php

[Gaurav]

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for the day. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.

lol.. he needs to add teh form with the fields.. so there's still stuff he has to do on his own.. basically he needed to know abt the looping not accepting values from forms..

[techdaemon]

assuming that u accept a post field number via the form:

$count = (int)($_POST['number']); //changed the value to integer type casted...

for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){
if (@write_file($name, chr(0), 0)) { 
                    clearstatcache(); 
                    printf(lang(381), $html_name); 
                    unset($list[$v]); 
                    $time = filemtime($name); while (isset($list[$time])) { $time++; } 
                    $list[$time] = array('name' => $name, "size" => bytesToKbOrMbOrGb(filesize($name)), "date" => $time); 
                }  
} 

Thanks!! This really helped.

[Gaurav]

see the example above... a for loop does the trick..