Question

I want to make a conditional if statement that does this

if($get_['b']=="1") {

$offer1a=$offer1XXX;
$offer1e=$offer1YYY;

$offer2a=$offer2XXX;
$offer2e=$offer2YYY;

$offer3a=$offer3XXX;
$offer3e=$offer3YYY;

$offer4a=$offer4XXX;
$offer4e=$offer4YYY;

}

All the way to offer #12. It seems like a lot to write out. There are other values like $offer1b that I want left alone. What’s the best way to do this. I think an array, but I’m unclear on how to get it done.

Answer 1

I’m sure there are a thousand more optimizations, but to do literally what you’re asking, you could use a for loop as such:

if ($_GET['b'] == 1) {
  for ($k = 1; $k <= 12; $k++) {
    ${"offer${k}a"} = ${"offer${k}XXXX"};
    ${"offer${k}e"} = ${"offer${k}YYYY"};
  }
}

A better solution would be to use an array instead of all these individual variables:

for ($k = 1; $k <= 12; $k++) {
  $offers[$k]['a'] = $offers[$k]['XXXX'];
  $offers[$k]['e'] = $offers[$k]['YYYY'];
}