RE: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array

-----Original Message----- From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:12 PM To: Eric Lommatsch Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array Please include the list when replying. Eric Lommatsch wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:09 PM > To: Eric Lommatsch > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array > > Eric Lommatsch wrote: >> I am writing a PHP script that is going to accept variables that are >> passed from a PDF form and should write both the name of the variable >> and its value to a text file. >> >> >> I can get the value that I want to retrieve with out problem. >> However, even though I have searched through the PHP.net site and >> googled this as well I have not yet been able to find the syntax that >> I need to get the names of the variables in the $_Post array. >> >> Can someone point me to the place in the PHP manual where I can find >> the syntax to get the name of a variable in the $_POST array? > > http://php.net/array_keys > > As in... > > $varnames = array_keys($_POST); > > -Stut > > -- > http://stut.net/ > > Hello Stut, > > That is not exactly what I am looking for. If I try using that in My > PHP script what I get as a result of that is repeatedly the Phrase "Post Array" > when I check the values there. The PDF form that is posting to the PHP > script is passing variable names like "Employer_name" or "Employee_Name". I am > hoping to get those variable names. Put this line at the top of the script that the form posts to... print '<pre>'.print_r($_POST, true).'</pre>'; exit; That will display the contents of the $_POST array and you should be able to figure out where everything is. By the sounds of it the posted values are actually in $_POST['Post Array'] but use the above line to be sure. -Stut -- http://stut.net/ Sorry, I thought that I had hit reply to all. Apparently I didn't. Thanks that appears to actually be what I was looking for. Thank you Eric H. Lommatsch Programmer 360 Business 2087 South Grant Street Denver, CO 80210 Tel 303-777-8939 Fax 303-778-0378 ericl@360b.com