How do I put extra number at the end of username if duplicate

Question

Hard to explain, and let me show an example.

1. If username foo already exists in MySQL I want php script will allow it but to be foo1

Answer 1

Some variation of

$number = 1;
$query = "select name from users where username = ".$username.$number;
$res = mysql_query($query);
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($res);
while ($num_rows) {
 $number ++;
 $query = "select name from users where username = ".$username.$number;
 $res = mysql_query($query);
 $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($res);
}

The above will increment the number until one is found that is not currently in the database.

You will obviously have to edit the values to suit your setup