Re: Re: Dynamically check radio buttons

Hi Kirk, Thanks. Never knew you could do that. I'll try it out. Shew "Kirk Johnson" <kjohnson@zootweb.com> wrote in message news:01A4B59FD1EBD311838100A0C98BE0D9023C49D1@chef... > If you made an array for your buttons, then you could use PHP's looping > constructs to process the array. Write the input tag like this: > > <INPUT NAME=Game[1] VALUE=1>Chicago > > The processing code will then have access to the array $Game indexed by the > game number, e.g., $Game[1]. > > Good luck! > > Kirk > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shew [mailto:babydragon4@excite.com] > > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:19 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] Re: Dynamically check radio buttons > > > > > > OK, changed the subject to what I think it should be about. > > > > Anybody? > > > > "Shew" <babydragon4@excite.com> wrote in message > > news:20020731141657.80369.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > > Hi - I'm a TOTAL php NEWBIE - my 1st bit of code!!!. > > > > > > Basically the input form page has 17 sets of radio buttons, each > > > representing one game with 2 options - team 1 and team 2. > > What I want to > > do > > > is a better way of checking each radio button value instead > > of using an if > > > statement for each. This code doesn't really work - it > > finds that vars > > > ALWAYS exist. > > > > > > IE: > > > > > > <INPUT NAME=Game1 VALUE=1>Chicago > > > <INPUT NAME=Game1 VALUE=2>whatever > > > > > > <INPUT NAME=Game2 VALUE=3>Minny > > > <INPUT NAME=Game2 VALUE=1>Nobody > > > > > > Code above is processed by the following code: > > > > > > for ($GameIdx = 1; $GameIdx <= 17; $GameIdx++) { > > > /* instead "hardcoding each radio button name - just do it > > programmatically > > > by concatenating / creating the name */ > > > $frmGame = "Game" + $GameIdx; > > > if ($frmGame) { > > > /* U want to check if the length is 5 or 6 bytes because > > it could be > > > "game1" or "game14" */ > > > $Length = strlen($frmGame); > > > if ($Length == 5) { > > > $GetNumber = 1; > > > } > > > else { > > > $GetNumber = 2; > > > } > > > > > > $GameID = intval(substr($frmGame, $Length - $GetNumber, > > $GetNumber)); > > > print "Game ---> $GameIdx - $frmGame - $GetNumber - $GameID > > > <BR>"; > > > if ($GameID == $GameIdx) { > > > print "Yeah Match - $GameID = $GameIdx <BR>"; > > > /* OK, here is where U want to do the actual insert */ > > > } > > > } /* $frmGame endif */ > > > } > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >