Posted by Norman Peelman on 11/28/07 13:10

jj wrote:
> Trying to understand the manual regarding variables to solve the
> following.
>
> I'm working with Drupal CMS and have a loop to retrieve values that
> are normally fetched by using this variable: $node-
>> field_screen_1_caption[0]['view']. The loop should run n times,
> incrementing that number 1 so next variable is $node-
>> field_screen_2_caption[0]['view'].
>
> Here's what I'm trying in my loop to change that number in the
> variable using $i:
>
> for ($i = 1; $i <= $number_of_screens; $i++) {
> $cap = 'node->field_screen_'.$i.'_caption[0][\'view\']';
> print $$cap;
> }
>
> Doesn't work obviously. Any suggestions for a PHP amateur.
>
> Thanks,
> jj

As you can see by the replies there are many ways to do this... yet
another:

for ($i = 1; $i <= $number_of_screens; $i++) {
$cap = "node->field_screen_{$i}_caption[0]['view']";
echo $$cap;
}

Norm

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