Re: dealing with arrays

* Thus wrote Ford, Mike [LSS] (M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk): > On 27 August 2003 04:22, Aris Santillan wrote: > > > I Have > > <p>Entry One > > <input type=text name=name[]> > > <input type=text name=tel[]> > > <input type=checkbox name=check[] value=1> > > The way to combat this is to use explicit subscripts in your form field names, like so: > > <p>Entry One > <input type=text name=name[1]> > <input type=text name=tel[1]> > <input type=checkbox name=check[1] value=1> I would also add some structure to avoid all the different variables and makes looping much smoother on the processing script. <input type=text name="elements[2][name]"> <input type=text name="elements[2][tel]"> <input type=checkbox name="elements[2][checked]" value="1"> Then: foreach ($_REQUEST['elements'] as $id => $element) { if ($element['checked']) { // its checked } else { // not checked.. duh.. } } Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."