passing a checkbox array to $PHP_SELF

[Anon]

I have an array of checkboxes called
'Styles[]' on page 'addrecord.php3'. I pass this array along with a field called 'zipcode' to page 'confirmrecord.php3'. I then check the zipcode against a zipcode table for validity. If the zipcode doesn't exist, I prompt the user to select an adjacent zipcode from a from a table of links. Each valid zipcode link resubmits the parameters originally passed to the page along with the new (valid) zipcode. Two questions:
1 - How do I resubmit the new and existing parameters without having them appear in the url?
2 - How can I resubmit the checkbox array (along with the other data) to the same page, using $PHP_SELF, so I can add the valid data to the database?
I hope I'm explaining this properly, I've been trying to use the serialize() and urlencode() functions but can't seem to get it to work. Thanks in advance for your help.

[pnoeric]

Ralph... to answer one question, to have your variables not appear in the URL, use the "POST" method for submitting the form (instead of "GET")-- in your opening <FORM> tag.

[mp96brbj]

Ralph Leonen wrote:

2 - How can I resubmit the checkbox array (along with the other data) to the same page, using $PHP_SELF, so I can add the valid data to the database?

You could try adding this to the form on confirmrecord.php3:

<?php
foreach($Styles as $key => $value)
{
printf ("<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"Styles[%d]\" value=\"%s\">",
$key, htmlentities($value));
}
?>

This should make the array follow along.

[Anon]

I neglected to mention that the 'confirmrecord.php3' page doesn't contain a form. The data passed to it is currently resubmitted to $PHP_SELF through an <a href=$PHP_SELF?zipcode=$altzipcode&styles=$Styles> link. Of course this doesn't work correctly. Must a form with hidden fields be used? Or is there a way to resubmit the data that the page has received without echoing it to the address box AND without using a form?

thanks,
Ralph.

[mp96brbj]

Ralph Leonen wrote:

I neglected to mention that the 'confirmrecord.php3' page doesn't contain a form. The data passed to it is currently resubmitted to $PHP_SELF through an <a href=$PHP_SELF?zipcode=$altzipcode&styles=$Styles> link. Of course this doesn't work correctly. Must a form with hidden fields be used?

OK, try this instead:

<?php

Assuming you have a variable called $query_string that looks like this right now: 'zipcode=something'

foreach($Styles as $key => $value)
{
$query_string .= "&Styles[$key]=";
$query_string .= urlencode($Styles[$key]);

The line above could urlencode $value instead, but I thought this was easier to understand.

}
?>