Capturing Form Input Variables

[Anon]

I know that you can access inputted form data as named variables, which is fine if you have a predictable number of form elements.

However,

I'm using a dynamically generated form and I don't know when the client submits the data exactly what fields the form contained, therefore I can't check the data by its variable name.
Does PHP have a container (array) for all the form data the client submitted so I can iterate through it and find out what data was submitted?

[Anon]

Yes. In the example that your form was posted, and you have track_vars = on in your php.ini, all of the form elements will be held in the array $HTTP_POST_VARS (same holds true for $HTTP_GET_VARS).

Now you can loop through like this:

while(list($key, $value) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {
// Now $key is the form element and the value is in $value
}

Hope that helps..
Chris

[Anon]

What if you wanted to retrieve the text value of the element?

I have a form in which the values of the select box(es) are different than the selected value (the text attribute?). I only want to retrieve from the form the elements[x].text values?

Can this be done?