Forms

Anon

Hey,

I have a little problem and i'm pretty sure the answer is kinda very basic 😉

Lets say that I build a dynamic form and its <inputs> are dynamically comming from a database,

so my form looks something like this:

<form action=bla.php mothod=...>
<input name=$something_from_db value=$something_from_db>
...
...(here inputs are at the same syntax)
...
</form>

After I submit these variables to a new page (bla.php)
How can I know what variables were used in the form?

(Since these variables changes from form to form and their names are not static).

in asp I can just put on each "input" "name=same_var" "value=changes_from_input_to_input_ and at the end I recieve an array which contains all of the values.

In php it seems like it just uses the last input instead of giving an array of all of them.

Thanks in advanced,

petrb

Sounds like your query (or the parsing of the result) may be whacked. (But it's hard to tell with so little code in your post). Maybe you should try echoing your variables in the initial page to debug.

--ph

jc94062

mothod=...>

whats mothod? hehe

Try changing that around 🙂

petrb

Well, as long as we're getting SPECIFIC, there should be a type= attribute in the input tag, eh? James, how'd you miss THAT?

--ph

jc94062

It was 1am, and if I see ONE error with someone script, and I want to go to bed, I fix that and get sleep :-)

terje-s

I have (and am) develop(ed)(ing) systems with quite advanced dynamic tables, based on a users definitions etc (sort of an online form generator). The solution, IMHO, is as you say, to put them in an array. If you don't, you will most likely have a hard time separating data and determining whether or not its there at all.

So, first of all, decide a name for your array. I will choose formVals for this example.

The first example would make an assosiative array of the inputs, and you could easily find the belonging fieldname to a value without querying db. The latter one sounds like the asp solution you mentioned, where formVals[0] = field1, formVals[1] = field2, and so on.

Anon

yeah, that's a nice idea,

I'll just loop thorugh the array and get the results,

But there must be a way to determine what variables a page recieved from a form...