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I have to make a code that takes X amount of teams and and pairs them each up a given amount of time. No match ups can repeat themselves and they have to be matched up Y amount of times. I've been working on this code since 8:00 last not and I still haven't been able to get it completely working. Now, its stuck in an endless loop in which the match up is being endlessly inserted into the database.

Why is this resulting in an endless loop?
$started = "false";

$id=$_GET['id'];

$gid = $id;

//Identify game

$sql = "select * from `games` where `id`='$id'";

$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){

$game = $row['title'];

}

//$games = $_POST['games'];

//START Grab Game

//Find Team

$a=0;
$sql5 = "select * from `leagues` where `game`='$game'";

$result5 = mysql_query($sql5) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row5 = mysql_fetch_array($result5)){

$division = $row5['name'];

$sql6 = "select * from `conferences` where `game`='$game' and `division`='$division'";

$result6 = mysql_query($sql6) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row6 = mysql_fetch_array($result6)){

$conference = $row6['title'];

$sql = "select * from `teams` where `game`='$game' and `league`='$division' and `conference`='$conference'";

$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){

$a += 1;

$teamId = $row['id'];

$team = $row['name'];

$teamsIndex["$a"] = $team;

$division = $row['league'];

$conference = $row['conference'];

}
//Each Team is stored in an index
$b = 0;
while ($b<$a){

$b+=1;

$teams["$b"]=$b;
}
$cWeek = 1;
$weeks = $_POST['weeks'];
//So we have 15 teams. Cycle each team and make matchups

while($cWeek<=$weeks){
echo "<br><br><b>Week $cWeek</b><hr>";

$b = 1;
$rows = -1;
echo "<br>Rows redeclared";

while ($b<=$a){

$bold = $b;

echo "<br>DEBUG: $b/$a";

$end = "false";

$stopper = 0;

while ($end!="true"){

echo "<br><i>End: $end</i>";

$team1 = $b;

$redo="false";

$reverse = "false";

///lets match up a random

$against = $team1;

while ($against==$team1){

$against = rand(1,$a);

}

echo "<br>Row: $rows";

//We have rows set, so lets check each row.

$rowcheck = 0;

$cancont = 0;

echo "<br><i>$team1 vs $against</i>";

$stop = "false";

if ($rows==-1){

$stop = "true";

echo "<br><u>FIRST ROW</u>";

}

while ($rowcheck<=$rows){

$reverse = "false";

$redo = "false";

$cancont = 1;

echo "<br><i>RC: $rowcheck/$rows</i>";

$t1 = $games[$rowcheck]["Team1"];

$t2 = $games[$rowcheck]["Team2"];

echo "<br><i>t1 = $t1; t2 = $t2</i>";

if($t2==$against){

$cancont = 0;

$redo="true";

echo "<br> Team 2 already has a match";

}

if($team1==$t2){

if($against==$t1){

//The match is already set, just in the reverse order

$stop="true";

echo "<br> Team 1 already has a match against team 2";

}

}

if ($cancont==0){

$rowcheck=$rows+10;

$redo="true";

}else{

$rowcheck +=1;

}

//Check if already matched up in a previous week. 

$teamA = $teamsIndex["$b"];

$teamB = $teamsIndex["$against"];

//WAIT how many weeks are listed? 

$prev = "false";

$sql9 = "select * from `matches` where `game`='$game' and `division`='$division' and `team1`='$teamA' and `team2`='$teamB'";

$result9  = mysql_query($sql9) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row9 = mysql_fetch_array($result9)){

$stop = "false";

$rowcheck = $rows+1;

$prev = "true";

echo "<br>Match Already Made";

}

$sql9 = "select * from `matches` where `game`='$game' and `division`='$division' and `team1`='$teamB' and `team2`='$teamA'";

$result9  = mysql_query($sql9) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row9 = mysql_fetch_array($result9)){

$stop = "false";

$rowcheck = $rows+1;

$prev = "true";

echo "<br>Match Already Made";

}

if($prev=="false"){

if ($team1!=$t1){

if ($against!=$t2){

if ($team1!=$t2){

if ($against!=$t1){

$stop="true";

echo "<br>AVALIBLIE";

}else{

$stop="false";

echo "<br>Team Two = t1";

$rowcheck = $rows+1;

}

}else{

echo "<br>Team1 = t2";

//HOLD ON. If this happens, it should not record, but still print it!

$stop = "true";

$reverse = "true";

$against = $t1;

$rowcheck = $rows+1;

}

}else{

$stop="false";

echo "<br>Team2 = t2";

$rowcheck = $rows+1;

}

}else{

$stop="false";

echo"<br>Team1 =t1";

$rowcheck = $rows+1;

}

}

}

//Can we record the match?

if ($redo=="true"){

$end = "false";

}else{

//No issues where found

$end = "true";

}

//Record match

//if it wasn't stopped!

if($stop=="true"){

if ($rows==-1){

$end = "true";

$games = array( 

array( 

"Team1" => "$team1",

"Team2" => "$against"

)

);

echo "<br><i>First</i>";

$rows +=1;

echo "<Center><br><b>$team1 vs $against</b> ($rows)<br><br></center>";

//Convert Indexes

$team1 = $teamsIndex["$b"];

$against = $teamsIndex["$against"];

$sql = "insert into `matches` (`team1`,`team2`,`game`,`division`,`week`) values ('$team1','$against','$game','$division','$cWeek')";

mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

$sql3 = "select * from `bb_forums`";

$mcids=1;

$result3 = mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

while($row3 = mysql_fetch_array($result3)){

$mcids+=1;

}

$sql3 = "insert into `bb_forums` (`cid`,`name`,`islocked`) values ('7','Match Chat #$mcids','false')";

mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

$sql3 = "select * from `bb_forums` where `name`='Match Chat #$mcids'";

$result3 = mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

while($row3 = mysql_fetch_array($result3)){

$id = $row3['id'];

}

$url = "<a href='forum.php?page=tlist&id=$id'>Match Forum</a>";

$url = mysql_real_escape_string($url);

$sql3 = "insert into `matchcom` (`team`,`url`,`team2`,`week`) values ('$against','$url','$team1','$cWeek')";

mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

$sql3 = "select * from `matchcom` where `url`='$url'";

$result3 = mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row3 = mysql_fetch_array($result3)){

$mcid = $row3['id'];

}

$sql3 = "insert into `matchcom_data` (`mcid`,`game`,`division`) values ('$mcid','$game','$division')";

mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

$end = "true";

}else{

if($reverse!="true"){

$rows +=1;

echo "<br>$rows";

$games[$rows]["Team1"]="$team1";

$games[$rows]["Team2"]="$against";

//array_push($games,Team1 => "$team1", Team2 => "$against");

/*$games .= array(

array(

Team1 => "$team1",

Team2 => "$team2"

)

);

*/

echo "<centeR><br><b>$team1 vs $against</b> ($rows) <br><br></center>";

//Convert Indexes

//$team1 = $b;

echo "<br>$b";

$team1 = $teamsIndex["$b"];

$against = $teamsIndex["$against"];

//Insert into Matches

$sql = "insert into `matches` (`team1`,`team2`,`game`,`division`,`week`) values ('$team1','$against','$game','$division','$cWeek')";

mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

//Insert into Match Com

$sql3 = "select * from `bb_forums`";

$mcids=1;

$result3 = mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

while($row3 = mysql_fetch_array($result3)){

$mcids+=1;

}

$sql3 = "insert into `bb_forums` (`cid`,`name`,`islocked`) values ('7','Match Chat #$mcids','false')";

mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

$sql3 = "select * from `bb_forums` where `name`='Match Chat #$mcids'";

$result3 = mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

while($row3 = mysql_fetch_array($result3)){

$id = $row3['id'];

}

$url = "<a href='forum.php?page=tlist&id=$id'>Match Forum</a>";

$url = mysql_real_escape_string($url);

$sql3 = "insert into `matchcom` (`team`,`url`,`team2`,`week`) values ('$against','$url','$team1','$cWeek')";

mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

$sql3 = "select * from `matchcom` where `url`='$url'";

$result3 = mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row3 = mysql_fetch_array($result3)){

$mcid = $row3['id'];

}

$sql3 = "insert into `matchcom_data` (`mcid`,`game`,`division`) values ('$mcid','$game','$division')";

mysql_query($sql3) or die(mysql_error());

}else{

echo "<centeR><br><b>$team1 vs $against</b> ($rows) <br><br></center>";

}

$end = "true";

}

$end="true";

	

		

			

				

					

					

						
						
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Ive tracked my issue back to filter_var here. For some reason it is adding stuff to the beginning and end of the string im looking for. It did this on 1 string that I noticed and doesnt do it on any others, which was strange because that string was typical like all others. Just a few sentences and numbers and line breaks.

I cant find a reason why this is happening