Thanks for the replay heres all the code I have
[PHP]<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<!-- meta tag info -->
<meta name="author" content="" />
<meta name="Apollo1 Account" content="" />
<meta name="revised" content="2/22/08" />
<meta name="filename" content="guessingGame.php" />
<meta name="description" content="Try to guess a hidden word" />
<meta name="keywords" content="word guessing game" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" />
<title>Guessing Game</title>
</head>
<body>
<!--begain html code.-->
<div id="title" class="heading">
<h1>Guessing Game</h1>
</div>
<div id="directions" class="heading">
<h4>Try to guess the hidden word by entering a letter and clicking submit letter</h4><hr />
</div>
<!--end html code begain php code.-->
<?php
//hidden word.
$secretWord = "test";
//check to see if word is finished.
$finished = false;
//check if user entered a letter.
if(!isset($_GET['letter']))
{echo "<p>Please enter a letter</p>";}
else if(is_numeric($_GET['letter']))
{echo "<p>Please enter a letter, you entered a number</p>";}
else{
if(!isset($_GET['word'])){
echo "<p>****</p>";
$guess = "****";
}//end if
//declaring some vaiables.
$guessedWord = $_GET['word'];
$guess = $_GET['letter'];
$secretArray = str_split($secretWord, 1);
$guessedArray = str_split($guessedWord, 1);
$count = 0;
$arraySize = count($secretArray);
//checking to see if letter is in secret word.
while($count <= $arraySize) {
if($secretArray[$count] == $guess) {
$guessedArray[$count] = $guess;
}//end if.
$count++;
}//end while loop.
$guessedWord = implode($guessedArray);
if(strpos($guessedWord, '*') !== false) {
echo "<p>you've guessed correctly! The secret word is: ", $guessedWord, "</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>Secret Word: ", $guessedWord, "</p>";
}//end checking if word is finished
}//end check if
?>
<!--end php code begain html code.-->
<div id="guess" class="guess">
<form id="guessing" action="SSP04/guessingGame.php" method="get" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
<p>
<input type="text" name="letter" size="5" maxlength="1" value="<?php if(!empty($_GET['letter'])) echo $_GET['letter']; ?>" />
</p>
<p>
<input type="hidden" name="word" size="20" value="<?php echo $guessedWord; ?>" />
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="submit letter" />
</p>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
[/PHP]
thanks
Praclarush
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