Re: Variables in forms

Jim what you sent is very helpful. I had an error message when I submitted the form with a POST your_cleaning_function gave me this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: your_cleaning_function() I am trying to save the ones that were checked to a mySQL table and then notify the user the database was updated. The first thing that happens is the code you gave me below. How do I resolve this error? I get the concept of functions, but this isn't an area of PHP that I have used before. Ron On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 23:40 -0700, Jim Lucas wrote: > Ron Piggott wrote: > > I am writing a form right now. > > > > I would like to make the checkbox an array variable. The first part of > > the array is the component reference, the second part is the package > > reference. What name would you assign to it that I could use in > > processing the form in the PHP script this posts to? > > > > Ron > > > > <tr> > > <td valign="top"><font face="times new > > roman"><center>Children's Activities</center></td> > > <td valign="top"><font face="times new > > roman"><center>Child's ABC's</center></td> > > <td><center><input type="checkbox" > > name="component_1_package_1"></center></td> > > <td><center><input type="checkbox" > > name="component_1_package_2"></center></td> > > </tr> > > > > > > In your form, do this > > <input type="checkbox" name="components[1][1]"> > <input type="checkbox" name="components[1][2]"> > > > > Then in PHP do this. This is if the form was sent via POST > > <?php > > $components = your_cleaning_function($_POST['components']); > > foreach ( $components AS $component_id => $packages ) { > foreach ( $packages AS $package_id => $value ) { > // At this point, the only way you would get here is if > // a person was to place a check mark in the check box > // So, one would assume that this component/package > // combo was infact checked. > } > } > > ?> >