RE: [PHP] getting an array out of the POST array

Thanks, that worked. So I understand this better did this ($_POST[firstname][$key] = trim($_POST[firstname][$key]);) not work because the variable to the left of the '=' was no longer POSTed? ---- Original Message ---- Remove $_POST from $_POST[firstname][$key], $_POST[middlename][$key] and $_POST[lastname][$key]. It should simply be $firstname[$key], $middlename[$key], and $lastname[$key] Not sure what your array data looks like but instead of using while() use foreach(): foreach($_POST['firstname'] as $key => $value){ $firstname[$key] = trim($_POST[firstname][$key]); $middlename[$key] = trim($_POST[middlename][$key]); $lastname[$key] = trim($_POST[lastname][$key]); }