Re: deleting multiple items from a database

* Thus wrote Adil: > > As far as the code goes what I'm doing is retrieving each record from the > database and assigning the "value" attribute of each checkbox the unique id > from the database. From that point on, when a checkbox is checked and the > delete button is pressed, I push each checked unique id into an array and > then call a function that cycles through the array and deletes each database > entry. The last step is a simple page refresh. I'm posting some of the > more relevant sections of the code I've used below: > > echo "<form action=\"{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}\" > method=\"post\">"; > //form declaration > echo "<input type=\"submit\" > value=\"Delete\"value=\"Submit\">"; > //The delete button > <td><input type=\"checkbox\" > > value=\"{$row['upload_id']}\"></input><br/></td>"; > //This is what the > checkbox is coded as This is your problem, you need to give the checkbox a name: <input type="checkbox" name="stack[]" value="..."> When the form is submitted $_POST['stack'] will contain an array of items that were checked. Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."