[nycphp-talk] Getting array in $_POST
Jeff Siegel
jsiegel1 at optonline.net
Sat Feb 28 07:37:00 EST 2004
You're quite welcome.
Jeff
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leam wrote:
> That did it, thanks!
>
> leam
>
> Jeff Siegel wrote:
>
>> Doing it this way you've got the problem, no doubt, where the Post var
>> "Skill" is an array that starts with zero and has no relation to the
>> skill itself.
>>
>> > echo "<input name=\"Skill[]\" type=\"checkbox\"
>> > value=\"$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.
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