Question

I want to show a variable (which is an image) a certain amount of times depending on the number from a different column.

So I want to have $image shown $numberofratings times (which is up to 5). I’m pretty new to SQL, so I’m probably missing something quite basic, but thankyou to anyone who helps!

 <?
 $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM alex_demo23");
 while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
 $rating=$row['rating'];
 $numberofratings=$row['numberofratings'];
  $image = '<img src="images/star.png">';  


 echo ("addMarker(Rated: $rating $image from $numberofratings reviews');\n");
}
?>

Answer 1

Just use a for() or a str_repeat:

$image = '';
for($i=0; $i<$numberofratings; $i++){
    $image .= '<img src="images/star.png">';
}

Or

$image = str_repeat('<img src="images/star.png">', $numberofratings);