Re: hi i'm having a little problem on dealing with variables from user input

Hello Jon- This is the wrong list for such questions, see: http://www.php.net/support.php Also, read: http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.html.php Regards, Philip On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jon Weems wrote: > i am developing a way for a uaer to quickly and effiently enter > information into a database. i am trying to do this by getting the > user to put in a form how many rows of data he wants to put in the > data base at a time. Then i am looping round the number of time the > user has stated eg. a user say he wants to enter 5 row of data the > script will output 5 sets of fields in the same form. But i have a > problem when i come to naming the fields, i am using a counting > technique and a printf statement to name the fields: name_1, name_2, > etc but as that outputs as a varible name and not the contents of a > varible i am having trouble looping round to creat a varible of that > kind of name to get the result out. i have tried to look for > information on that and or creating arrays with forms but i have had > no luck with either. > > any help will be greatly appreciated > > many thanks > > jonathan weems