Posted by Jerim79 on 04/04/07 12:27

I need to create a form that takes a number that the user enters, and
duplicates a question the number of times the user entered. For
instance, if the customer enters 5 on the first page, when they press
next the form generates "How old are you?" 5 times on the page. The
customer will answer all 5 questions then press next. Finally, all the
local variables get dynamically created and written to a database.

I have already taken care of dynamically creating the question five
times. Using a simple WHILE clause, this generates the correct number
of questions. What I am having an issue with at this point, is how to
dynamically create the local variables.For instance, for the question
"How old are you?" I would need a unique variable for each instance;
using something like $Age(n). So that for five times, it would
automatically created variables $Age1 through $Age5. I have carried
over the number to the submit page by creating the variable $Number
and passing it along as hidden button on the form. $Age'$Number'
seemed to work for creating the variable, but $_post["Age'$Number'"]
doesn't work for referencing the global variable. I would need some
way of looping through and dynamically creating the variables.

I am willing to rethink my approach to the whole problem, so the door
is wide open to suggestions.

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