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phphtmlvariablesname-attribute

passing a variable in name attribute in html


this code outputs different question from db until while loop expires with MCQ options of type radio:

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM questions WHERE `type` IN 
    ('".implode("','",$fin_element)."')";

    $result = $conn->query($sql);

    if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
   // output data of each row

   while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
     echo "<br>";
     echo "Q:" . $row["question_name"]. "<br>";

    echo "<input type='radio' name='question1' value='answer1.1'/    >
          <code>".$row["answer1"]."</code>". "<br>";

    echo "<input type='radio' name='question1' value='answer1.2'/>
          <code>".$row["answer2"]."</code>". "<br>";

    echo "<input type='radio' name='question1' value='answer1.3'/>
          <code>".$row["answer3"]."</code>". "<br>";

    echo "<input type='radio' name='question1' value='answer1.4'/>
          <code>".$row["answer4"]."</code>". "<br>";  
    }
    } else {
   echo "0 results";
    }

but here every options of every question have the same name attribute of question1 only , but i want that for the next question name attribute should change to question2 and so on. Please help


Solution

  • If you have an identifier in your table question, you could use it.

    But you could just use a variable to increment question number :

    $index = 1 ;
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
         echo "<br>";
         echo "Q:" . $row["question_name"]. "<br>";
    
         echo "<input type='radio' name='question".$index."' value='answer1.1'/    >
              <code>".$row["answer1"]."</code>". "<br>";
         //...
         $index++;
     }