a question about "lines"

[Blue Mage]

lets say I have something like this:

<br>
<br>
<br>

how would each line be identified in a php code, for example:

PHP Code:

while ([line] = <5) {
echo "";
}
else{
echo "[line number 1]001";
} 


thank you

[sde]

hi blue mage =) welcome to codenewbie.com !

here is an example of how i would print 5 lines with php using a while loop:

PHP Code:

<?
$i=0;
while($i < 5)
{
     // print <br> in each line
     echo "<br>";

     // increment $i
     $i++;
}
?>

feel free to post anymore questions =)

have fun

[abc123]

if you want to identify each line in html (is that what ur asking?) you can do this:

PHP Code:

<br id="$some_count_number" />