PHP - Break Down Strings

I was thinking how can I make a script that will build strings incrementing through each letter starting with "a" and ending with "zzzzzz" or what ever ending length I want such as 12.

So if your were to output everything, you could find the words:
"dog"
"spider"
"superman"
"hippo"
etc

What would be the best way to do this, so I don't have to have a loop that is 500 blocks deep to show a word that is 500 letters

example
Quote

a
...
z
aa
ab
ac
...
az
ba
bb
bc
...
...
aaa
aab
aac

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could help me to "get" the webaddress of a current webpage and then pull off pieces of the page.  All of my pages look like:

http://localhost:8888/algebra_book/Chapters/Quadratic_Functions/introductory_problem.php

BUT, the stuff to the left of Quadratic Functions WILL change in the future.  So all will look like:

*Quadratic_Functions/introductory_problem.php

Then, I'd like to pull off a $chapter variable, which in this case is Quadratic_Functions and a $page_name variable which in this case will be introductory_problem.

Thanks so much.

Not sure if there is a better way to do this, but I want to check whether the value in a Sticky Field is the same as what is in the Database.

If what is in the Sticky Field is *exactly* what is in the Database, then the User didn't update that field, and so I would NOT do an UPDATE.

Seem reasonable?

Here is where I grab the value out of the Form...
Code: [Select]
// ****************************
// Process Each Form Field. *
// ****************************
foreach($_POST['answerArray'] as $questionID => $response){
// Copy trimmed Form array to PHP array.
$answerArray[$questionID] = trim($response);


And here is where I grab the existing value in the Database...
Code: [Select]
// ********************
// Check for Answer. *
// ********************

// Build query.
$q1 = "SELECT response
FROM bio_answer
WHERE member_id=? AND question_id=?";

// Prepare statement.
$stmt1 = mysqli_prepare($dbc, $q1);

// Bind variable to query.
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt1, 'ii', $memberID, $questionID);

// Execute query.
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt1);

// Store results.
mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt1);

// Check # of Records Returned.
if (mysqli_stmt_num_rows($stmt1)==1){
// Answer Found.

// Bind result-set to variable.
mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt1, $currResponse);

// Fetch record.
mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt1);


So I guess I want to compare $answerArray[$questionID] against $currResponse and see if there are any differences?!

What is the best way to do that?

Any better ideas of how to check to see if the User made any changes to a field so I only do an UPDATE if there was actually a change?

Thanks,


Debbie

Hey guys!! So basically what I am doing here is pulling the directory out of a url.

URL ex: http://www.xxx.com/T...IS_WHAT_I_WANT/