RE: [PHP] [PHP4] Checkboxes and POST

that worked amazingly great. thank you very mcuh for the help! :) ---------------- remco chang bountyquest.com On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Michael Richardson wrote: > You can use the following: > > <?php > > print '<form method=post action=add.php> > <input type=checkbox name="id[]" value="abc">ABC > <input type=checkbox name="id[]" value="daf">DAF > <input type=checkbox name="id[]" value="zwg">ZWG > <input type=submit value=Submit> > </form>'; > ?> > > This will place all of the values checked into elements of an array named > id. > > You may name them using a method similar to what follows: > > while (odbc_fetch_into ($sql_result, &$array)) { > $userid = $array[0] . '[]'; > $user_name = $array[1]; > echo "<input type=checkbox name=$userid value=1>$user_name"; > } > > To recall the values you can use: > > for ($i = 0; $i < count($id); $i++) { > print $id[$i] . "<br>\n"; > } > > Hope this helps: > > RW > > -----Original Message----- > From: Remco Chang [mailto:rkc@bountyquest.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 6:58 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] [PHP4] Checkboxes and POST > > > hi, > > i was wondering how PHP4 deals with the following: > > <?php > > echo" > <form method=post action=add.php> > <input type=checkbox name=id value="abc">ABC > <input type=checkbox name=id value="daf">DAF > <input type=checkbox name=id value="zwg">ZWG > <input type=submit value=Submit> > </form>"; > ?> > > if i check all three boxes, i end up getting only "ZWG" in add.php: > > <?php > echo "id: $id"; > ?> > > i understand that the easiest way around it is to name each checkbox a > different name. however, my problem is that i have a lot of checkboxes > generated automatically based on the results of a database query: > > while (odbc_fetch_into ($sql_result, &$array)) { > $userid = $array[0]; > $user_name = $array[1]; > echo "<input type=checkbox name=$userid value=1>$user_name"; > } > > the purpose of this is to let the current user add all the other users > into his "group." but by doing the above, i have no effective way of > finding out all the boxes/userid's that have been checked in the add.php > file because i don't know the $userid's returned by the query... > > any suggestoins? comments? ideas? > > ---------------- > remco chang > bountyquest.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >