How to set text of each cell in a table objective c - objective-c

Question

I am getting questions from a server using a php script. I am setting the number of cells according to the number of questions, but when I write to the cells, it only outputs 1 question. If I use a for loop, the cells are blank, but if I set the number it repeats the same question according to how many questions are in the database. Heres the code:
NSString *numOfQuestionsURL = #"http://**.***.**.**/count.php";
NSData *dataURLforSize = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString: numOfQuestionsURL]];
NSString *serverOutputforSize = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataURLforSize encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
int numOfQuestions = [serverOutputforSize intValue];
for(int i = 0; i <= numOfQuestions; i++)
{
_hostStr = #"http://**.***.**.**/getQuestion.php?num=";
_appendString = [[NSNumber numberWithInt:i] stringValue];
_hostStr = [_hostStr stringByAppendingString: _appendString];
}
NSData *dataURL = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString: _hostStr]];
NSString *serverOutput = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataURL encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
result.textLabel.text = serverOutput;
_appendString = [[NSNumber numberWithInt:i] stringValue]; is where you tell the script what question you want to retrieve.

Answer 1

you need to use this code like this
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
NSString *numOfQuestionsURL = #"http://**.***.**.**/count.php";
NSData *dataURLforSize = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString: numOfQuestionsURL]];
NSString *serverOutputforSize = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataURLforSize encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
return [serverOutputforSize intValue];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
//make cell
_hostStr = #"http://**.***.**.**/getQuestion.php?num=";
_appendString = [[NSNumber numberWithInt:indexPath.row] stringValue];
_hostStr = [_hostStr stringByAppendingString: _appendString];
NSData *dataURL = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString: _hostStr]];
NSString *serverOutput = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataURL encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
cell.textLabel.text = serverOutput;
return cell;
}
Also you can load data in background and maintain an array of question and populate in table.that makes your table smooth . currently your table behaves jerky.