'; // check my Dog's winning place to verify it's not being echoed below; comment this line upon completion unset($winners[$mywinner]); // remove my Dog from list of other winners // print out all winners except my dog foreach ($winners as $place){ // run foreach loops on every winner to attach suffix switch ($place){ //use switch to set what suffix to attach to winner's place case 11: // make sure 11th place gets th suffix, not st $place .= "th"; break; case 12:// make sure 12th place gets th suffix, not nd $place .= "th"; break; case 13:// make sure 13th place gets th suffix, not 3rd $place .= "th"; break; case substr($place, -1) == 1: // check places ending in 1 at append 'st' suffix $place .= "st"; break; case substr($place, -1) == 2:// check places ending in 2 at append 'nd' suffix $place .= "nd"; break; case substr($place, -1) == 3:// check places ending in 3 at append 'rd' suffix $place .= "rd"; break; default: // default suffix for every other place $place .= "th"; break; } $out[]=$place;// echo as format "1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, (etc to end), 100th." end with period (need fixing) } echo implode(', ',$out).'.';