Re: Validation problem with array.

I think I might know what you are trying to do. You want to have a "name" associated with the skill (or skys or slus). You can use an associative array to "name" your array elements. In your form, you can change the array to be something like this: skills[cooking] skills[flying] skills[walking] ... Notice there are no quotes around the skill names. Now each array element has an array key that is a name. The computer doesn't really care, but it makes it easier for you to read your code. And you now have name/value pairs. You can process the array like this: $skillNames = array_keys($skills); foreach($skillNames as $skill) { echo 'Skill: '.$skill.' Value: '.$skills[$skill].' <br />'; } Of course, instead of echoing you would do your validation or substitution. On Oct 20, 2004, at 8:35 AM, Stuart Felenstein wrote:

After some back and forth posts here I had finally thought my array issue was over, but! To review I have 30 form elements on a page 10 are skill[] 10 are sky[] 10 are slu[] I pass them as session variables $_SESSION['skills'] = $_POST['skill']; $_SESSION['skys'] = $_POST['sky']; $_SESSION['slus'] = $_POST['slu']; Then when everyting is passed into a database transaction: $skills = $_SESSION['skills']; $skys = $_SESSION['skys']; $slus = $_SESSION['slus']; foreach($_SESSION['skills'] as $key => $skill) { $query = "INSERT INTO Profiles_skills (ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES ($LID, '$skill', {$_SESSION['skys'][$key]},{$_SESSION['slus'][$key]})"; //$result = mysql_query($query); Here is the problem: Using (((isset($_POST["skill[]"]))?$_POST["skill[]"]:"") . "",true,true,true,true,"",false,1); I can't seem to differentiate between the the elements because they are all labeled skill[] So basically validation isn't doing anything . I'm thinking of finding a better way to validate , or if i change the elements to skill[1], skill[2] , what would that do to my iteration loop ? Thank you, Stuart -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Brent Baisley Systems Architect Landover Associates, Inc. Search & Advisory Services for Advanced Technology Environments p: 212.759.6400/800.759.0577