Re: Sending multiple items via a single form field

You could just seperate the data in the field's value with a delimeter like | or something you wouldn't see in the data, then explode() based on that? What kind of field are you using? Your explanation is very vague. On Monday 14 November 2005 12:40 pm, Chris Payne wrote: > Hi there everyon, > > > > I have a set of form fields dynamically generated but each item must > contain 2 pieces of data - the input from the field AND the id that the > input represents from the DB. I had this info a while back but had a major > HD crash and lost the info I had, how can I do this easily in PHP? > > > > Hopefully an easier to understand scenario: > > > > I have a form with - example - 5 items listed, each item from the DB and > you select ONE item only out of the list, when you submit the form it sends > the input from the field you select BUT I also need it to send an addition > bit of info in the form of $id so that on the processing page, I can > extract both the ID and the data entered from a single field. Obviously I > can't use a hidden field for this so the data has to be tacked-on to the > input field somehow? > > > > Any help would save my life :-) > > > > Chris