Re: Forms submitting to a session array

Thomas wrote:

I'm trying to create a shopping cart where users can visit a product page (called from a MySQL database depending on the url ending in ?product_id=#). On the product page users can select options from dropdown lists (such as color, etc.) These dropdown lists are also dynamically generated from the database. I need to store what the user has selected while the user browses the site. I want to also display what they've selected on a "cart" page. I believe my best option is to store what they've selected in a session array. I'm not sure how to do this with the dropdown lists, etc.

In exactly the same way as any other data. If you want to save it per-product, you could do something like this. <?php session_start(); if (empty($_SESSION['products'])) { $_SESSION['products'] = array(); } // appropriate checking for form submission here. // and also making sure proper colors or whatever are posted. // .... $session_product = array(); $session_product['product_id'] = $_POST['product_id']; $session_product['color'] = $_POST['color']; // add the new array of info to the session. array_push($_SESSION['products'], $session_product); now if you print_r($_SESSION['products']) you'll see a big array of info with each product having a color. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/