basics

[Frog Brew]

I assume &nbsp inserts a the space, but in the 2nd set of code you lost me with for ($i = 0;$i<$max;$i++)

May I say you guys are freaks, I mean this as a compliment and I am envious of your abilities.

LOL when I grow up I wanna be a freak too.

[Twey]

&nbsp; is the HTML code for a non-breaking space. These are used because normal spaces are treated specially (without text, they're ignored; if more than one space is in a row, all but one are ignored).

for ($i = 0;$i<$max;$i++)

This is a for loop, common to most C-like languages (and some that aren't C-like at all). The syntax is:

for(initialiser; condition; incrementor)

and the meaning is:

1. Execute the initialiser
2. Check that condition is true; if not, break from the loop
3. Execute the following statement or block of code
4. Execute the incrementor
5. Repeat from 2

Any of the three statements can be omitted, but the semicolons must still exist (for(;condition;) is equivalent to while(condition), and for(;;) is equivalent to while(true)).

[mburt]

Thanks Twey for the explanation.

for( ; ; ) is equivalent to while(true)).

Don't try it though, it will never end causing the browser to freeze.

[Twey]

There's a timeout defined in php.ini that will kill any script that takes too long to run.

[mburt]

I guess it's not in my server's settings. I made my browser "freeze" by using a never-ending loop (I set the condition (i < 15) to -15 by mistake).

[Frog Brew]

I have no coding experience what so ever... so even though I really appreciate the explanation it seems may as well be in Chinese. (Which I can't read)

I am going to keep pushing forward though.

[mburt]

I am going to keep pushing forward though.

Good attitude, alot of people just give up (I did for C++ Windows API, lol. Just getting back into it now). Hopefully you'll get where you want to be.

[Frog Brew]

Well I just need to push through this, CSS style sheets, and MySql, (which is really kind of boring now because I am not applying it anywhere.) Once I start a site which has a purpose, it will be interesting to see. I know that I don't have a chance in hell though if I don't at least take the time to have a basic understanding.

[Twey]

I did for C++ Windows API

I don't blame you.

[mburt]

Actually, I'm starting to get the hang of it. Given, I also took three hours to read the tutorial, instead of cut/pasting code into CodeBlocks and letting her go