Help in for loop....

[dannyjoy]

How come I cant do this? Please help....

for ($m=0; $m < $option; $m++)
{
for($i=$m; $i<$d; $i=($m + $option))
{
if ($value[$i] == $value1[$k])
{
$match = $match + 1;
$k++;
}
else
{
$k++;
}
}
echo $match;
}

The problem lies with the for loop saying $i=$m. How come I cant do this?

[NogDog]

What is the code supposed to do? What is it not doing, or what error is being generated, which causes you to say it's not working and that the problem is with the $i=$m ?

[dannyjoy]

i've tried it without the $i = $m and it works....the $i = $m is to make it loop for another specified number of times.

when i put $i = $m, the loop doesnt end

[dannyjoy]

actually it was only

for($i=0; $i<$d; $i=($i + $option))
{
if ($value[$i] == $value1[$k])
{
$match = $match + 1;
$k++;
}
else
{
$k++;
}
}
echo $match;

and this works....but because I want to make this whole loop to loop for another specified number of times , that's why I put in the other for loop....

[NogDog]

You've got 7 variables and 2 arrays in the mix here. Without knowing the values of each, how can we analyze what's going on? This following works fine, but I had to initialize many of the variables and the arrays:

<?php
$option = 5;
$value = array (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8);
$value1 = array (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8);
$k = 0;
$match = "0";
$d = 5;
for ($m=0; $m < $option; $m++)
{
for($i=$m; $i<$d; $i=($m + $option))
{
if ($value[$i] == $value1[$k])
{
$match = $match + 1;
$k++;
}
else
{
$k++;
}
}
echo $match;
}
?>

[Mester Pediz]

You really need to post the whole script!

[dannyjoy]

$criteria = 5;
$option = 4;
$d = ($criteria * $option);
$match = 0;
$k=0;
$value = array(1,2,3,4,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,3,2,3,4,1,3,3,2,1)
$value1 = array(1,2,3,2,3)

for ($m=0; $m < $option; $m++)
{
for($i = $m; $i < $d; $i = ($m + $option))
{
if ($value[$i] == $value1[$k])
{
$match = $match + 1;
$k++;
}
else
{
$k++;
}
}
echo $match;
}


I'm supposed to compare only certain values of array value with the value of array value1 and if they are equal, increase the match...which is just a counter to keep count...

It still doesnt work....

[NogDog]

This is an infinite loop:

for($i = $m; $i < $d; $i = ($m + $option))

I think maybe what you want is:

for($i = $m; $i < $d; $i += ($m + $option)) // += instead of =