Re: Getting values for posted form in HASH array rather than just variables.

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:56, Matthew Toledo wrote: > SUBJECT: Getting values for posted form in HASH array rather than just > variables. > > I've been using perl for a while and am just starting with PHP. I like > it. > > Is there an array that holds all the information that was submitted via > a FORM post or get. > > I know that PHP automatically creates variables that are named after > the name of the INPUT tag on the HTML form. But what if I don't know > what the names of the input tags are? > > Are they stored in a HASH array as well? > > What is the name of the array? > > I.E. in perl, if you use cgi-lib.pl, all the form elements are stored > in a HASH array called %in. You don't need to know the names of the > input tags to get the data from them. > > HTML HAS... > <input name="joe" type="text> > <input name="alice type="text> > > PERL Example. > # library for handling CGI in > require 'cgi-lib.pl'; > > # get all the info from the form, > # put it in HASH array called %in > &ReadParse(); > > foreach $key (sort keys %in) { > print $in{$key}; > } > > PHP EXAMPLE... > # is there a hash array equivalent of %in like in the perl above? Check out the section of the manual on PHP Variables (in the Variables chapter 7) HTTP_POST_VARS and HTTP_GET_VARS will be the ones you are looking for - oh and possibly HTTP_COOKIE_VARS. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA