nested for loop

[tony09uk]

I have an issue with a nested for loop. I have created a form that passes information to another page to echo out then put into a database. My problem is that the for loop on page two doesn't work how I expected it to work and after two hours of playing with alternative options ive given up.

On a previous page I have allowed the user to choose how many questions and how many choices for each question they want.

PAGE 1

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echo "<h1>Change the values in each box</h1>\n";//title
             
            echo "<form method=\"post\" action=\"addToDb.php\">\n";//start form

            for($q = 1; $q <= $questions; $q++){//loop through number of questions required
                 
                echo "  <input name='questions[]' type='text' value='question $q' /><br/>\n";
             
                for($opt = 1; $opt <= $choices; $opt++){//loop through number of options required

                   echo "   <input name='choice[]' type='text' value='option $opt' /><br/>\n";
                   
                }
                 
            }
             
            echo "  <input name='submit' type='submit' value='SUBMIT' />\n";//submit form
            echo "</form>";//close form 

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$q = $_POST['questions'];
    $c = $_POST['choice'];
     
    foreach($q AS $v){
        echo $v . "<br/>\n";
        foreach($c AS $value){
            echo "  " . $value . "<br/>\n";
        }
         
         
    } 

My problem is that the second for loop on page two seems to run through all the choices before moving on to question 2

EXAMPLE - what I want

Q1
C1
C2
C3
C4

Q2
C1
C2
C3
C4

Q3
C1
C2
C3
C4

EXAMPLE - what I GET

Q1
C1
C2
C3
C4
C1
C2
C3
C4
C1
C2
C3
C4

Q2
C1
C2
C3
C4
C1
C2
C3
C4
C1
C2
C3
C4

Q3
C1
C2
C3
C4
C1
C2
C3
C4
C1
C2
C3
C4

[seandisanti]

you could just do it this way; ( i hardcoded 4's instead of recreating post values, so just replace them with your values)

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<?php

   for ($q=1;$q<=4;$q++) {
      echo 'Q'.$q.'<br />';
      for ($c=1;$c<=4;$c++){
         echo 'C'.$c.'<br />';
      }
   }


[tony09uk]

Can you explain a little further please? I understand the 4 has replaced $_POST['c'] but I thought when a post variable was passed, it is passed as an array therefore requiring a foreach loop to dissect what it in that array and output it accordingly?