#7934 [Com]: HTTP_POST_VARS unable to handle same key multiple times

ID: 7934 Comment by: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Reported By: bzeeb+php@zabbadoz.net Status: Closed Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: FreeBSD PHP Version: 4.0.3 New Comment: Or you can use the feature of JavaScript that, *by* *definition* a.b is identical to a['b'] so you could refer to document.myform['mycheckbox[]'].length Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-09-05 17:25:02] rasmus@php.net Every JS element has a numerical index number. You do not have to use the name at all which allows you to call things whatever you want. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-09-05 16:59:05] dyonn@sympatico.ca Correct me if I'm wrong, but I actually think this is a bug because adding [] to the NAME of the checkbox makes the object to be unaccessible throught javascript(or really hard to access). document.myform.mycheckbox[].lenght will give syntax error. I browsed quite a lot on the net and I havent found the way to play with a JS variable named something[] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-30 11:52:21] hholzgra@php.net to chrisrivera@chrisrivera.com: by giving the [] you specify that you *want* an array while creating one auto-magicaly whenever multiple values exists may confuse form processing code as input variables may be string or array depending on number of selections made to olivierdsm@hotmail.com: this will do the trick for you: "... IN (".join(",",$inmailtoupdate).") " (but make sure $inmailtoupdate is not empty() before you do so) please direct further questions to the php-general mailing list as we are no longer talking about bugs here ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-30 09:31:51] olivierdsm@hotmail.com This is what i codded : <input type="checkbox" name="inmailtoupdate[]" value="<? echo $row['admins_id']; ?>"> then : $SQL = "update admins set admins_inmail='yes' where admins_id in ($inmailtoupdate)"; --> this is what i get as error message : "Unknown column 'Array' in 'where clause' so, ok i can write something like echo inmailtoupdate[1], but how do i get the complette list??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-18 09:52:34] chrisrivera@chrisrivera.com Why is it that the '[]' is needed in the name attribute? Isn't this considered a bug then? Looping through the vars should return that it is an Array by default without the need of adding '[]' to the name attribute. This seems to be more of a hack than a solution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/7934 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=7934&edit=1