Re: Re: Form Loop

Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 08:07:26PM -0500, Shawn McKenzie wrote: >> Terry J Daichendt wrote: >>> I'm trying to create a form with a loop. I need to append a value to a >>> field name each time through the loop. For Instance: >>> >>> while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { >>> $x=1; >>> echo "<tr>"; echo "<td><input >>> type='text' id='qty' >>> name='quantity_' size='2' value='$row[qty]' >>> /></td>"; >>> echo "</tr>"; >>> $x++; >>> } >>> >>> the name value quantity needs the value of x appended to it. quantity_1, >>> quantity_2 etc. What is the correct syntax to achieve this, especially >>> the parsing to get it to work. I suspect the dot operator to append it >>> but I can't get the parsing down. >>> >>> Terry Daichendt >> echo '<td><input type="text" id="qty" >> name="quantity_' . $x . '" >> size="2" value="' . $row['qty']. '" >> /></td>'; >> >> However, I would use an array: >> >> echo '<td><input type="text" id="qty" >> name="quantity[' . $x . ']" >> size="2" value="' . $row['qty']. '" >> /></td>'; >> >> Depending upon your use, you can even leave out the index and let it >> increment. >> >> echo '<td><input type="text" id="qty" >> name="quantity[]" size="2" >> value="' . $row['qty']. '" /></td>'; > > Ids must be unique within a document. > Yeah, I just copied and pasted and was concentrating on the name. echo '<td><input type="text" id="qty' . $x . '" name="quantity[]" size="2" value="' . $row['qty']. '" /></td>'; -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com