Posted by roN @ work on 06/28/05 09:00

Kimmo Laine wrote:
> "roN @ work" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3ic4teFkp3ouU1@individual.net...
>> Hi,
>>
>> why is OutStr=0 after executing below code?
>> I just want to add all the Items in the Array into a String....the
>> String should look like this after:
>> [String]
>> <option>ElementA</option>
>> <option>ElementB</option>
>> <option>ElementC</option>
>> [/String]
>>
>> [Code]
>> $count=count($spamArray);
>> $outStr="";
>> for($j=0; $j<$count; $j++ )
>> {
>> $outStr+="<option>".$spamArray[$j]."</option>\n";
>> }
>> [/Code]
>> why is $OutStr=0?
>> Thank you!
>
>
> It's 0, because you are summing strings (which are evaluated 0, since
> they are non-numeric) instead of concatenating. Use the concatenation
> operator . instead.
> Like this:
> $outStr.="<option>".$spamArray[$j]."</option>\n";
>
> Thinking or reading the manual helps also.

yup, perfect. thank you! :)

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