checkbox array problem

[Andy Levy]

Hi

I have a form which contains several fields. One of which is a group of
checkboxes that can all be selected, and if they are - all values should be
passed as an array.

Each checkbox is Named as follows. myCheckBoxName[]

myCheckBoxName[]


I have the following code on the following page to pick up the results from
the querystring.

while(list($key , $value) = each($HTTP_POST _VARS))
{
$keys = $keys . "$key, ";
$values= $values . "'$value', ";
echo("$key = $value <br>" );
}


But the field which contains multiple checkboxes only displays the value
"array" - and nothing else.

Any ideas.

Thanks

AL

[AJ]

Re: checkbox array problem


"Andy Levy" <andy_levy@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
news:mUj1c.1045 5$Db4.7531@news-binary.blueyond er.co.uk...[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> I have a form which contains several fields. One of which is a group of
> checkboxes that can all be selected, and if they are - all values should[/color]
be[color=blue]
> passed as an array.
>
> Each checkbox is Named as follows. myCheckBoxName[]
>
> myCheckBoxName[]
>
>
> I have the following code on the following page to pick up the results[/color]
from[color=blue]
> the querystring.
>
> while(list($key , $value) = each($HTTP_POST _VARS))
> {
> $keys = $keys . "$key, ";
> $values= $values . "'$value', ";
> echo("$key = $value <br>" );
> }
>
>
> But the field which contains multiple checkboxes only displays the value
> "array" - and nothing else.[/color]

As nobody has answered yet with anything definitive, I'll have a stab. I'm
still very much in the learning stage of PHP, right at the bottom of the
curve. I had exactly this problem with something I was doing. When I was
testing, I was echoing strings and I got ARRAY echoed back.

I'm afraid I can't remember exactly what I did but it was something to do
with putting strings on double quotes, single quotes or no quotes. I just
tried different combinations until it worked.

I probably shouldn't be posting when I don't know the exact answer so I'll
apologise in advance.

Andy

[Tony Marston]

Re: checkbox array problem

You cannot just write myCheckBoxName[], myCheckBoxName[], ... to the HTML
output, it must be myCheckBoxName[1], myCheckBoxName[2], etc.

--
Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net

"AJ" <nospam@redcatm edia.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Andy Levy" <andy_levy@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
> news:mUj1c.1045 5$Db4.7531@news-binary.blueyond er.co.uk...[color=green]
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a form which contains several fields. One of which is a group of
> > checkboxes that can all be selected, and if they are - all values should[/color]
> be[color=green]
> > passed as an array.
> >
> > Each checkbox is Named as follows. myCheckBoxName[]
> >
> > myCheckBoxName[]
> >
> >
> > I have the following code on the following page to pick up the results[/color]
> from[color=green]
> > the querystring.
> >
> > while(list($key , $value) = each($HTTP_POST _VARS))
> > {
> > $keys = $keys . "$key, ";
> > $values= $values . "'$value', ";
> > echo("$key = $value <br>" );
> > }
> >
> >
> > But the field which contains multiple checkboxes only displays the value
> > "array" - and nothing else.[/color]
>
> As nobody has answered yet with anything definitive, I'll have a stab.[/color]
I'm[color=blue]
> still very much in the learning stage of PHP, right at the bottom of the
> curve. I had exactly this problem with something I was doing. When I was
> testing, I was echoing strings and I got ARRAY echoed back.
>
> I'm afraid I can't remember exactly what I did but it was something to do
> with putting strings on double quotes, single quotes or no quotes. I just
> tried different combinations until it worked.
>
> I probably shouldn't be posting when I don't know the exact answer so I'll
> apologise in advance.
>
> Andy
>
>[/color]

[Andy Levy]

Re: checkbox array problem

Hi Thanks for your post.

I have been meddling with it a bit and came up with something that checks
for an array. Its not quite working well yet , as the main loop causes a
problem. See if you can do anything.


//Variables Used
//$key, $value, $arrayitem, $item, $text, $keys, $values

while(list($key , $value) = each($HTTP_POST _VARS)) {
if (is_array($valu e)):
$arrayitem = $_POST[$key];
foreach ($arrayitem as $item) {
$text = $text . $item . ", ";
}
$text = substr($text,0,-2);

$keys = $keys . "$key, ";
$values= $values . "'$text', ";
//echo("$key = $text <br>" );

else:
$keys = $keys . "$key, ";
$values= $values . "'$value', ";
//echo("$key = $value <br>" );
endif;


}



"AJ" <nospam@redcatm edia.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Andy Levy" <andy_levy@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
> news:mUj1c.1045 5$Db4.7531@news-binary.blueyond er.co.uk...[color=green]
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a form which contains several fields. One of which is a group of
> > checkboxes that can all be selected, and if they are - all values should[/color]
> be[color=green]
> > passed as an array.
> >
> > Each checkbox is Named as follows. myCheckBoxName[]
> >
> > myCheckBoxName[]
> >
> >
> > I have the following code on the following page to pick up the results[/color]
> from[color=green]
> > the querystring.
> >
> > while(list($key , $value) = each($HTTP_POST _VARS))
> > {
> > $keys = $keys . "$key, ";
> > $values= $values . "'$value', ";
> > echo("$key = $value <br>" );
> > }
> >
> >
> > But the field which contains multiple checkboxes only displays the value
> > "array" - and nothing else.[/color]
>
> As nobody has answered yet with anything definitive, I'll have a stab.[/color]
I'm[color=blue]
> still very much in the learning stage of PHP, right at the bottom of the
> curve. I had exactly this problem with something I was doing. When I was
> testing, I was echoing strings and I got ARRAY echoed back.
>
> I'm afraid I can't remember exactly what I did but it was something to do
> with putting strings on double quotes, single quotes or no quotes. I just
> tried different combinations until it worked.
>
> I probably shouldn't be posting when I don't know the exact answer so I'll
> apologise in advance.
>
> Andy
>
>[/color]

[Andy Levy]

Re: checkbox array problem

Thanks Tony

I have it all working now. I rewrote my PHP code, and here it is just for
your info - or use. The array [] can be used without numbers on an html form
when parsed by PHP as php automatically collates the data. That only goes
if you dont want the array in any particular order.

Heres my code ::

while(list($key , $value) = each($HTTP_POST _VARS)) {
if (is_array($valu e)):
$value = implode(", ", $value);

$keys = $keys . "$key, ";
$values= $values . "'$value', ";
//echo("$key = $text <br>" );

else:
$keys = $keys . "$key, ";
$values= $values . "'$value', ";
//echo("$key = $value <br>" );
endif;

}





"Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.de mon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c2501k$g1k $1$8302bc10@new s.demon.co.uk.. .[color=blue]
> You cannot just write myCheckBoxName[], myCheckBoxName[], ... to the HTML
> output, it must be myCheckBoxName[1], myCheckBoxName[2], etc.
>
> --
> Tony Marston
>
> http://www.tonymarston.net
>
>
>
> "AJ" <nospam@redcatm edia.net> wrote in message
> news:c24qoq$k68 $1@titan.btinte rnet.com...[color=green]
> >
> > "Andy Levy" <andy_levy@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
> > news:mUj1c.1045 5$Db4.7531@news-binary.blueyond er.co.uk...[color=darkred]
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have a form which contains several fields. One of which is a group[/color][/color][/color]
of[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > checkboxes that can all be selected, and if they are - all values[/color][/color][/color]
should[color=blue][color=green]
> > be[color=darkred]
> > > passed as an array.
> > >
> > > Each checkbox is Named as follows. myCheckBoxName[]
> > >
> > > myCheckBoxName[]
> > >
> > >
> > > I have the following code on the following page to pick up the results[/color]
> > from[color=darkred]
> > > the querystring.
> > >
> > > while(list($key , $value) = each($HTTP_POST _VARS))
> > > {
> > > $keys = $keys . "$key, ";
> > > $values= $values . "'$value', ";
> > > echo("$key = $value <br>" );
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > But the field which contains multiple checkboxes only displays the[/color][/color][/color]
value[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > "array" - and nothing else.[/color]
> >
> > As nobody has answered yet with anything definitive, I'll have a stab.[/color]
> I'm[color=green]
> > still very much in the learning stage of PHP, right at the bottom of the
> > curve. I had exactly this problem with something I was doing. When I[/color][/color]
was[color=blue][color=green]
> > testing, I was echoing strings and I got ARRAY echoed back.
> >
> > I'm afraid I can't remember exactly what I did but it was something to[/color][/color]
do[color=blue][color=green]
> > with putting strings on double quotes, single quotes or no quotes. I[/color][/color]
just[color=blue][color=green]
> > tried different combinations until it worked.
> >
> > I probably shouldn't be posting when I don't know the exact answer so[/color][/color]
I'll[color=blue][color=green]
> > apologise in advance.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]