";
//checking that the queries are valid
if(!mysqli_query($connect,$queryCurrDegreeElect) && mysqli_query($connect,$queryCurrDegreeElect) != NULL) {
printf("Error with first query: %s\n", mysqli_error($connect));
exit();
//if valid queries, do the good stuff
} else {
//allows variables to be used out of scope
global $currElectCourses;
$currElectCourses = mysqli_fetch_all($currentElectClasses,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
//while there are Elect classes to add
for($count = 0; $count < sizeof($currElectCourses); $count++) {
//gets the credits associated with that class
$queryCredits = "SELECT credits FROM Courses WHERE courseID = '" . $currElectCourses[$count]['courseID'] . "'";
$creditsResult = mysqli_query($connect, $queryCredits);
$credits = mysqli_fetch_array($creditsResult,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
//checking if the course was part of the degree they completed
//if so, the box will be prefilled with yes, no otherwise
$takenElectQuery = "SELECT completed FROM ElectiveHistory WHERE studentID = " . $studentID .
" AND courseID = '" . $currElectCourses[$count]['courseID'] . "'";
$takenElectResult = mysqli_query($connect, $takenElectQuery);
$takenElect = mysqli_fetch_array($takenElectResult,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
$semesterElectQuery = "SELECT semester FROM ElectiveHistory WHERE studentID = " . $studentID .
" AND courseID = '" . $currElectCourses[$count]['courseID'] . "'";
$semesterElectResult = mysqli_query($connect, $semesterElectQuery);
$semesterElect = mysqli_fetch_array($semesterElectResult,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
echo "
" . $currElectCourses[$count]['courseID'] . "
\n" .
"
" . $credits['credits'] . "
\n".
"
";
//start of semester
echo "\n";
//end of semester
echo "