[thelist] beginner PHP question

BT Bigpant bigpant at btinternet.com
Mon Feb 18 16:07:01 CST 2002


To submit an array in a form, use either of these two formats:

<form ...>
<input ... name="item[]">
<input ... name="item[]">
<input ... name="item[]">
<input ... name="item[]">
<input ... name="item[]">
<input ... name="item[]">
</form>

or if you need to specify the array index explicitly:

<form ...>
<input ... name="item[0]">
<input ... name="item[1]">
<input ... name="item[2]">
<input ... name="item[3]">
<input ... name="item[4]">
<input ... name="item[5]">
</form>

this can also be used for select inputs:
<form ...>
<select multiple name="item[]">
<option...></option>
</select>
</form>

I believe it is possible to do multi-dimensional arrays as of php4.

use something like this to get the results:

while (list($key, $value) = each($item))
{
	echo "item[$key] = $value<br>";
}

Get the php manual if you haven't got it. I recommend the pdf version.

http://www.php.net/download-docs.php


HTH

Phil Parker



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