for loop in forms

I use a for loop to create form inputs. The code works to add reminders on one of my pages. I used the exact same code on another one of my pages, yet only one row gets inputed every time. I am lost as to the problem. Below is the code that works, and the code that doesn't. *Working code: <? for ($i = 1; $i <= $fields; $i++) : ?> then select boxes too long to list <? endfor ?> *working code to execute: $numrows = count ($user); for ($i = 0; $i < $numrows; ++$i) { $sql = "INSERT INTO reminder (date, time, reminder, user) " . "Values ('$dm[$i] $dd[$i] $dy[$i]','$th[$i]:$tm[$i] $ap[$i]','$rem[$i]','$user[$i]')"; if (!mysql_query($sql, $link)) { DisplayErrMsg(sprintf("Error in executing %s stmt", $sql)) ; DisplayErrMsg(sprintf("error:%d %s", mysql_errno($link), mysql_error($link))) ; exit() ; *NON-Working Code: <? for ($i = 1; $i <= $names; $i++): ?> <input type="text" name="type[]"> <input type="text" name="date[]"> <input type="text" name="doctor[]"> <input type="hidden" name="user[]" value="<? echo $user; ?>"> <br><? endfor ?> *NON-Working code to execute: $numrows = count ($user); for ($i = 0; $i < $numrows; ++$i) { $sql1 = "INSERT INTO childimu (user, type, date, doctor) " . "Values ('$user7[$i]', '$type[$i]', '$date[$i]', '$doctor[$i]')"; if (!mysql_query($sql1, $link)) { DisplayErrMsg(sprintf("Error in executing %s stmt", $sql1)) ; DisplayErrMsg(sprintf("error:%d %s", mysql_errno($link), mysql_error($link))) ; exit() ; Again the second code only inputs one row into the database(mysql), while the first code will inout every textbox of the array. I copied and used the same code for the second. Any suggestions please!!