How to submit an HTML form into a PHP array

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I've looked through some posts around here, but am still struggling to get my code to work correctly....

I've got a form that is being dynamically created so I never know how many rows it will have, the number of columns is static though. Here is my current code...

echo '<form name = "confirmPlayers" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="page.php" method="POST">';
    echo '<input type="hidden" name="confirm" value="1"/>';
    echo '<input type="hidden" name="pg_function" value="match"/>';
    echo '<table border = "1">';
    echo '<tr> <td colspan = "7"> <b>Matched Members</b></td> </tr>';
    echo '<tr> <td> Match </td> <td>Division</td> <td>Number</td> <td>Upload Number</td> <td>KDGA Name</td>  <td>Upload Name</td> <td>Score</td></tr>';

    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
        echo "<tr>";
        echo '<td> <input type="checkbox" name="match_chkBox[]" value="1" checked>';
        echo '<td> ' . $row['division'] . ' </td>';
        echo '<td> ' . $row['mplayer_number'] . ' </td>';
        echo '<td> ' . $row['tplayer_number'] . ' </td>';   
        echo '<td> ' . $row['mfirst_name'] . ' ' . $row['mlast_name'] . ' </td>';
        echo '<td> ' . $row['tfirst_name'] . ' ' . $row['tlast_name'] . ' </td>';
        echo '<td> ' . $row['score'] . ' </td>';
        echo "</tr>";
    }
    echo '<tr> <td>';
    echo '<input type="submit" value="Submit" />';
    echo '</td> </tr>';
    echo '</table> </form>';

I've tried several variations on creating the array but just seem to be creating a mess. I basically need all of the information from each cell returned in order to pass on to the database for further processing. I was hoping to return an array with a row for each corresponding row in the generated table, and then keys/indexes for each column displayed. Right now if I use a print_r($_POST['match_chkBox']); then it is returning correctly with the number of rows I left checked before submitting, but any other changes.. not so pretty.

Would appreciate any help you can give... this is driving me nuts!

What is your current html output and expected html output?

Shiplu Mokaddim
– Shiplu Mokaddim

2012-01-24 05:45:46 +00:00
Commented Jan 24, 2012 at 5:45 — Shiplu Mokaddim
– Shiplu Mokaddim, Commented Jan 24, 2012 at 5:45

Ajeet Sinha · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-24 06:58:33Z

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try giving value unique id

echo '<td> <input type="checkbox" name="match_chkBox[]" value=value=\"".$row['id']."\"checked>';

answered Jan 24, 2012 at 6:58

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pironix Over a year ago

Realized I forgot to comment on this after receiving answers. This got me on the right track. I ended up using jquery rather than the above code, but assigned the unique column from each query results into both the name and id attributes for the generated checkbox.

zzlalani · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-24 07:25:33Z

if i were you i will post $row[id] (as defined by angel) only and fetch respective data at my php code from the database.

but if you want to take all data with you you can simply do the following..

<pre>
 $i=0;
 while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    $i++;
    echo "<tr>";
    echo '<td> <input type="checkbox" name="match_chkBox[$i]" value="'.$row['id'].'" checked>';
    echo '<td> ' . $row['division'] . ' <input type="hidden" name="division['.$i.']"> </td>';
    echo '<td> ' . $row['mplayer_number'] . ' <input type="hidden" name="mplayer_number['.$i.']"> </td>';
// and so on....
    echo "</tr>";
 }
</pre>

in since html form sent only checked checkbox to the server you can have the following code to check user selections

<pre>
   foreach($_POST['match_chkBox'] as $k=>$value) {
      $divi  = division[$k];
      $mplay = mplayer_number[$k];
      //now insert into your database.
   }
</pre>

hope this will help

Naveen Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-24 07:29:32Z

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Set the value of the checkbox to the unique key of that row, there by when the form is posted, match_chkBox[] will contain the unique keys.

   echo"<input type='checkbox' name='match_chkBox[]' value=\"$row[unique_id]\" />";

Use view source to see if each rows value is set to the unique_id of that row

answered Jan 24, 2012 at 7:29

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