"For loop" statements

[Dinocanid]

I was wondering how it would be possible to use "for loop" statements with the mysidia script since it can run a single line of code multiple times. I've looked at a bunch of tutorials online and I'm still lost with what to do with it. I wanted to use it to clean up the raffle script since, at the moment, the same line of code is copy-pasted over and over to make multiple database entries, like so:

PHP Code:

public function index(){
        $mysidia = Registry::get("mysidia");
        $document = $this->document;        
            $document->setTitle("Pet Outcomes");
                $pool = $mysidia->db->select("raffle", array("pool"))->fetchColumn();
$document->add(new Comment( "There is currently {$pool} CURRENCY in the pool!"));
$document->add(new Paragraph());

//This section checks the date!
      $currenttime = time();
      $timerange = array(strtotime($this->stopdate));
         if(!empty($timerange[1]) and $currenttime > $timerange[1]){
             // The raffle has ended!
             $winner = $mysidia->db->select("raffle_tickets", array("owner"), "1 ORDER BY RAND() DESC LIMIT 1")->fetchColumn();
                         $document->add(new Comment( "{$winner} won {$pool} CURRENCY from the raffle! Congratulations!"));    
                         $endraffle = TRUE;
         }
         else{
  
//This is the ticket form!
$ticketForm = new FormBuilder("ticketForm", "", "post");
$exampleDropdown = new DropdownList("myList");
$exampleDropdown->add(new Option("5 tickets", "5")); 
$exampleDropdown->add(new Option("10 tickets", "10"));
$exampleDropdown->add(new Option("15 tickets", "15"));
$exampleDropdown->add(new Option("20 tickets", "20"));
$ticketForm->buildComment("Amount: ", FALSE);
$ticketForm->add($exampleDropdown);
$ticketForm->buildComment("<br></br>");
  $ticketForm->buildButton("Buy tickets", "buy", "submit");
        $document->add($ticketForm);
}
//This part adds the number of tickets the user buys to the database
if($mysidia->input->post("buy")){
$chosenOption = $mysidia->input->post("myList");
    if($chosenOption == "5"){
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
           }
    elseif($chosenOption == "10"){
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
           }
    elseif($chosenOption == "15"){
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
           }           
    elseif($chosenOption == "20"){
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
        $mysidia->db->insert("raffle_tickets", array("owner" => $mysidia->user->username));
           }  
        }
        
        //This park picks a winner from the database
if($mysidia->input->post("win")){
$winner = $mysidia->db->select("raffle_tickets", array("owner"), "1 ORDER BY RAND() DESC LIMIT 1")->fetchColumn();
$document->add(new Comment( "{$winner} won {$pool} CURRENCY from the raffle!"));
} 


It works, but it's not ideal and the code would get very lengthy if more tickets are wanted (like 50).