PHP/MySQL Printing Duplicate Labels - php

Question

Using an addon of FPDF, I am printing labels using PHP/MySQL (http://www.fpdf.de/downloads/addons/29/). I'd like to be able to have the user select how many labels to print. For example, if the query puts out 10 records and the user wants to print 3 labels for each record, it prints them all in one set. 1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3...etc. Any ideas?
<?php
require_once('auth.php');
require_once('../config.php');
require_once('../connect.php');
require('pdf/PDF_Label.php');
$sql="SELECT $tbl_members.lastname, $tbl_members.firstname,
$tbl_members.username, $tbl_items.username, $tbl_items.itemname
FROM $tbl_members, $tbl_items
WHERE $tbl_members.username = $tbl_items.username";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
if(mysql_num_rows($result) == 0){
echo "Your search criteria does not return any results, please try again.";
exit();
}
$pdf = new PDF_Label("5160");
$pdf->AddPage();
// Print labels
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$name = $rows['lastname'].', '.$rows['firstname';
$item= $rows['itemname'];
$text = sprintf(" * %s *\n %s\n", $name, $item);
$pdf->Add_Label($text);
}
$pdf->Output('labels.pdf', 'D');
?>

Answer 1

Assuming that a variable like $copies is an integer of how many copies they want made, I would make the following modification:
// Print labels
while( $row = mysql_fetch_array( $result ) ){
// Run Once for Each Result
$name = $row['lastname'].', '.$row['firstname'];
$item = $row['itemname'];
$text = sprintf(" * %s *\n %s\n", $name, $item);
if( isset( $copies ) ) {
// The Copies Variable exists
for( $i=0 ; $i<$copies ; $i++ ) {
// Run X times - Once for each Copy
$pdf->Add_Label($text);
}
} else {
// The Copies Variable does not exist - Assume 1 Copy
$pdf->Add_Label($text);
}
}
This should provide the required functionality.