Re: Arrays and Textareas

I had originally planned to keep all of the data in a database, but after looking at it and seeing that it would be dynamic, I wasn't quite sure how to layout the database schema, and decided to write the resulting data to a file, as that meant I could just use it as an include in the needed file. I've tried urlencoding the serialized version of the textarea, and putting that into a hidden field, and it seems that might work, but it sure as heck seems awkward. I'm definitely open for a good lead on this one. Wes > Weston, > > You can use hidden fields for text fields, too, but they could become big, > unweildy and you'll have to escape some HTML characters (" comes to > mind) to get it to send correctly. > > Alternatively, if the ultimate goal is a database, you could insert it, > retrieve the new ID (mysql_insert_id() I think is what it's called, but I > can never remember) and pass the ID. Then, you update based on that ID, > instead of one big insert at the end. > > Maybe not the perfect way, but perhaps better than passing all that info > in a hidden field? >