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[leam]

That did it, thanks!

leam

Jeff Siegel wrote:
> Doing it this way you've got the problem, no doubt, where the Post var 
> "Skill" is an array that starts with zero and has no relation to the 
> skill itself.
> 
>  > echo "<input name=\"Skill[]\" type=\"checkbox\"
>  > value=\"$skill_data[skillID] \" \n ";
> 
> However, nothing stops you from altering the "index" of the Skill 
> array...so...instead of leaving it as <input name=\"Skill[]\"
> you could do something along the lines of
> <input name=\"Skill[$skillID]\"
> 
> For an obviously different programming project, I needed check box 
> corresponding to different car models. Look at the item below. You'll 
> see that the index of the model_array is identical to the value. So...if 
> the user clicks on the checkbox...I know that they have selected the 
> model 3.2CL (an Integra, btw).
> <input name="model_array[3.2CL]" type="checkbox" value="3.2CL">3.2CL
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> leam wrote:
> 
>> Okay, I'll try to make this understandable before I fall asleep. I'm 
>> setting a bunch of check boxes where each is a member of an array. So 
>> the first line is:
>>
>> echo "<input name=\"Skill[]\" type=\"checkbox\" 
>> value=\"$skill_data[skillID] \" \n ";
>>
>> $skill_data[skillID] was previously pulled from the database and is a 
>> unique identifier for each skill. Each checkbox has the skill name 
>> beside it so the user can check what skills they have and then submit 
>> the form.