Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter

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Subject	Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter
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Am 15.05.2014 01:22, schrieb Adrienne Boswell:

> I need to how to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a 
> counter.  The fields are named based on that loop. Below is a small 
> snippet of what I am doing:
> 
> <?php 
> 
> $howmuch = array(20, 30, 5, 10, 15);
> 
> ?>
> <form method="post">
> <?php 
> for($s=0;$s<count($howmuch);++$s)
> {?>
> <input type="text" name="howmuch<?php echo $s; ?>" value="<?php echo 
> $_POST[$howmuch ?]$s; ?>">
> <?php } ?>
> <input type="submit" value="Submit">
> </form>
> 
> Here's where my problem is:
> 
> When the user hits submit, I would get something in the post array like:
> 
> howmuch0 : 20
> howmuch1 : 30
> howmuch2 : 5
> howmuch3 : 10
> howmuch4 : 15
> 
> On a regular form, value="<?php echo $_POST[$howmuch]; ?>" works just 
> fine, but since I'm naming the field in a loop, I need to have that, too.  
> Using $_POST[$howmuch ?]$s; is not valid.

foreach() should be your friend.



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How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter Adrienne Boswell <arbpen@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-14 23:22 +0000
  Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-05-15 02:15 +0200
  Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-05-15 01:01 +0000
  Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-05-15 01:19 +0000
    Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-15 03:29 +0100
  Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-15 02:55 +0100
  Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-05-15 10:22 +0200
  Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-05-15 08:15 -0400
  Re: How to get the POST name of a field in a form that uses a counter Adrienne Boswell <arbpen@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-15 22:45 +0000

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