Question

In my validation class I have this:

    $fields['a_1'] = 'First Question';
    $fields['a_2'] = 'Second Question';
    $fields['a_3'] = 'Third Question';
    $fields['a_4'] = 'Fourth Question';

This is getting old–I have about 40 of these to write, and each set has matching validation rules:

    $rules['a_1'] = 'hour';
    $rules['a_2'] = 'hour';
    ...

Is there a way to say:

$fields['a_' . 1 - 17] = "One, Two"

Etc…

Just curious… if not, I’ll brute force it.

Answer 1

you can try this

$ar=array("One","Two","Three");

for($i=1;$i<18;$i++){
  $fields["a_".$i]=$ar[$i];
}

where $ar contains the list of values you want to assign in order