Why wont my options list get populated when using a for loop

Question

When trying to dynamically create a select box with values using php my data will not populate. All of the research I've done shows I've done this right. Can anyone point me to the right direction please.

<select name="month">
<?php
    $months = array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec");

    for ($x=0; $x<=11; $x++) {
        echo '<option value="' . $x+1 . '">' . $months[$x] . '</option>';
    }
?>
</select>

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '14 at 20:09

0

you should add parentheses around the $x+1

like so:

<select name="month">
<?php
    $months = array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec");

    for ($x=0; $x<=11; $x++) {

        echo '<option value="' . ($x+1) . '">' . $months[$x] . '</option>';
    }
?>
</select>

answered Sep 17 '14 at 20:09

itaynoy

143
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you can read more about this here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7574624/arithmetic-operation-within-string-concatenation-without-parenthesis-causes-stra – itaynoy Sep 17 '14 at 20:14

Why wont my options list get populated when using a for loop

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