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Answer 1

+1 A:

You can include the values.php file like this:

include 'path/to/values.php';

If you put the values in values.php in an array you can easily loop through them using a foreach loop:
in values.php;

$values['1calsavings'] = 24.99;
$values['2calsavings'] = 20.00;
etc;

Then in the other file:

include 'path/to/values.php';
foreach($values as $name => $amount){
 echo '<some_markup>';
 echo "$name $amount";
 echo '</some_markup>'; 
}

Pim Jager 2008-12-04 17:31:26

Wait, I can make the different offercalcsavings variables show up just fine, but I can't get it to do the arithmetic, I want "$offer1(2,3,4,5,6,7)calsavings" to be subtracted from "$monthlybill" so I can show what they could save from various different providers.

pg 2008-12-04 17:55:00

Answer 2

+1 A:

Egads.

Use arrays!

So:

$offercalcsavings[0] = "24.99";  
$offercalcsavings[1] = "20.00";  
etc. etc.

Then, you're looping the output really:

for($i = 0; $i < CONSTANT_THAT_EQUALS_7; $i++) {
    echo "<html bits>";
    echo $offercalcsavings[$i];
    echo $offerlink[$i];
    etc. etc.
}

sobedai 2008-12-04 17:35:44

Wait, I can make the different offercalcsavings variables to show up just fine, but I can't get it to to the arithmetic, I want that number to be subtracted from "$monthlybill" so I can show what they could save from various different providers.

pg 2008-12-04 17:53:55

Too bad I can only vote up once. +1000 for "Egads!"

Noah Goodrich 2008-12-04 18:09:34

Answer 3

+1 A:

I want each of the seven rows of the table to have one of the offercalcsavings values subtracted from the monthlybill value.

You need to do the math somewhere. Presumably you would do this before the echo statement where you output your row.

$offerwithsavings = $monthlybill - $offercalcsavings

Then just be sure to include it in your table somewhere.

<td >'.$offerwithsavings.'</td>

The real prescription for this code is an array and foreach() loop, but I thought I'd keep my answer simple for now. Arrays and foreach() loops are very powerful and relatively quick and easy to learn. You would do well to give them some in depth study.

2008-12-04 18:00:01

Thank you mechler!

pg 2008-12-04 18:42:40

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