Question

I just have a simple for loop, however I keep getting this error and I cannot figure out what is wrong with the loop. I have researched the error and it is most likely a missing semi-colon or parentheses etc. Something simple…

for ($t=1; $t<=16; ++$t)
{
    $game$t = $_POST["game$t"];
}

Answer 1

The problem is that you did not look up the manual page for the feature that you’re trying to use. Something simple, indeed.

I think you’re looking for ${game.$t} (not $game$t) in order to create a “family of variables” whose names all share a common prefix:

for ($t=1; $t<=16; ++$t) {
    ${game.$t} = $_POST["game$t"];
}

But I’d really suggest that you use an array instead:

$games = Array();
for ($t=1; $t<=16; ++$t) {
    $games[$t] = $_POST["game$t"];
}