Re: array not extracting
| From: | Brian Clark | Date: | Thu, 04 Jan 2001 22:46:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: array not extracting | ||
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Hello Tom,
(TB == "Tom Beidler") tbeidler@mindspring.com writes:
TB> I have a form with fields named so I can create an array, ie
TB> billing[name], billing[address], etc. The following page displays
TB> what they've entered as a receipt and I've passed the variable
TB> from the first page to the receipt as $billing. Everything worked
TB> fine but then I had to add a form/page in between the two. I've
TB> successfully passed the $billing in a hidden field from the new
TB> page two to the final page/receipt but now it seems that I cannot
TB> extract the array to populate the final page/receipt.
Why not just carry over the fields as type 'hidden' in the same
manner? Because, when the second form is submitted, it's no longer
treating billing as an array (after all, you're using a single hidden
field that's POSTed). That's why you 'cannot extract the array.'
-Brian