Re: RE: passing array values in forms

On Tuesday 07 January 2003 00:23, Mignon Hunter wrote: > This is a variation to similar string earlier. Have been checking > books, online manuals, suggestions here - tutorials and such. > > Having issues passing arrays in forms. I have been working on this a few > days and am stuck. Am trying to pass cat[] and id[] with whatever > checkbox user checks. cat[] works fine. My id[] is hidden and am not > able to pass correctly. cat[] will display correct item on second page > but idid[] just passes 12 (which is the number of initial items in the > result from query) - or it will display 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11. > > Does anyone have suggestions. I have tried using submit hidden value > among other variations...to no avail. cat[] works because for each item 'in the array cat[]' you have a corresponding checkbox. id[] doesn't work because you only have a single hidden element. There are more than one to resolve this: 1) Have a hidden element for each id you need to pass:- id[0], id[1], etc. 2) Use sessions 3) Use serialize() on the array $id, this allows you to store the entire array as a single hidden element. Then use unserialize() in comp_page4.php to reconstruct $id. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world. -- The Beach Boys */