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[Rob Marscher]

switching the single quotes to double quotes should work also:
$query .= ",;" . $_POST["bid_sub_desc$i"] . ":";

PHP expands variables enclosed in double quotes but leaves everything as 
is if enclosed in single quotes.

-Rob


Ken Robinson wrote:
> At 03:39 PM 8/10/2006, Néstor wrote:
>> People,
>>
>> In one PHP page I have an input field name 
>> bid_sub_desc0, bid)sub_desc1, etc...
>> Whe I am in my next PHP page I am try to move 
>> the different values to single variable
>> to later added it a query.  bid sub tell me how many bids  where entered.
>>     for($i=0; $i < count($bid_sub); $i++)
>>     {
>>       $query .= ",;" . $_POST['bid_sub_desc$i'] . ":";
>>     }
>>
>> When I print print "QUERY =$query|<br>\n";
>> I get nothing :
>>   QUERY=,':','::')|
>>
>> The varable inside the $_POST is no getting refered to the way I want it to.
>> I was expecting the bid_sub_desc$1 to change to:
>> bid_sub_desc0
>> bid_sub_desc1
>> etc
>> depending on the $bid_sub
> 
> Your problem is occurring because you're enclosing the index in single quotes.
> Change
> $query .= ",;" . $_POST['bid_sub_desc$i'] . ":";
> to
> $query .= ",;" . $_POST['bid_sub_desc'.$i] . ":";
> 
> If you can change the names on the form to 
> arrays, it would make your life much easier. Then 
> instead of checking for $_POST['bid_sub_desc' 
> .$i], you could use $_POST['bid_sub_desc][$i]
> 
> Ken 
> 
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