Whats wrong with this code....? while()

[fLUx1337]

Hi,

I'm currently writing a script, which needs to do this...

Echo all the names on character 1 (a), page 1 > move to page 2, do the same, then keep doing that for 50 pages

Then when its echo'ed all the names off all the pages starting with "a", move onto "b", do the same as before, echo all the names, for all the pages

The do the same for c,d,e,f,g....etc..

This is my code (its edited so it doesnt take forever to test! ):

<?php
$char = 97;
$page = 1;
$no=0;

while($char <= 100){
$pageno = 50;

    while($page <= $pageno){
    $result = 50;
            
            while($no <= $result){
            if($no == $result){
            $page++;
            break;
            }else{
            // heres where the normal code to echo each name would go
            echo'Done #'.$no.' for letter '.chr($char).'<br>';
            $no++;
            }
            
    if($page == $pageno){
    echo'Done All the pages for '.chr($char).', moving onto '.chr($char+1).'<br>';
    $char++;
    $page=1;
    
            }
        }
    }
}
?>

Now, whats wrong with it? It does "a" page 1 fine, but never moves on to page 2, etc....

On the code above, you are meant to get a list of text like this:

Done #0 for letter a
Done #1 for letter a
Done #2 for letter a
Done #3 for letter a
...#4-47...
Done #48 for letter a
Done #49 for letter a
Done #50 for letter a
Done All the pages for a, moving onto b
Done #0 for letter b
Done #1 for letter b
Done #2 for letter b
Done #3 for letter b
...#4-47...
Done #48 for letter b
Done #49 for letter b
Done #50 for letter b
Done All the pages for b, moving onto c
etc...

But from what I can tell, its not moving to the next page...

Anyone know why?

CHEERS in advance!

fLUx

[fLUx1337]

Spent HOURS and HOURS on this, and I havent moved one step in the right direction so far!

If anyone know, please post!

Thanks

[Dan Grossman]

When $no reaches 50, your code enters an endless loop here:

            while($no <= $result){
            if($no == $result){
            $page++;
            break;
            } 

It continually breaks to the while loop outside of that, reenters this while loop, and repeats. $no and $result never change, so it continues infinitely.

This outputs what you want:

$char = 97;
while ($char <= 100) {
        for ($i = 0; $i <= 50; $i++) {
                echo "Done #" . $i . " for letter " . chr($char) . "<br />\n";
        }
        echo "Done all the pages for " . chr($char) . ", moving onto " . chr($char+1) . "<br />\n";
        $char++;
} 

[fLUx1337]

Thanks, that works perfectly!

But how do I add the pages?

i.e. it gets to #50 for letter a, and then goes to the next page to get #51...etc... This is what I've adapted from your code:

$char = 97;
$page = 1;
$name=0;
 
while ($char <= 122) {
$no_of_pages = pageno('http://blah.com/foo.php?bar=50&letter='.chr($char).''); // function returns a number of pages for that letter
 
	while ($page <= $no_of_pages) {
 
	$i = match('http://blah.com/foo.php?bar=50&page='.$page.'&letter='.chr($char).'');
	$page_names = count($i, COUNT_RECURSIVE);
 
        for ($x = 0; $font <= $page_names; $x++) { 
				$name++;
                               //does something
                echo "Done #" . $i . ", on page ".$page." for letter " . chr($char) . "<br />\n";
        }
		$page++;
	}
        echo "Done all the pages for " . chr($char) . ", moving onto " . chr($char+1) . "<br />\n";
        $char++;
}

but it seems to be doing the same as last time, only outputing the first page, except this time its missing the letter a, and just starting at b!

What am I putting in the wrong place??

Cheers!

fLUx

[fLUx1337]

Acctully, doesn't matter, sorted it - had some things messed up!

Cheers Dan!

fLUx