Using a form with an array

[Anon]

I have a list of people with scores that I want to edit.

So the scores are retrieved from the database into an aray $score[$n] which has each person's score.

I put the details into a form, so the scores of 30 people are in the form.

They are edited.

Now I want to get them back into the database.

However $HTTP_POST_VARS does notseem to be able to handle arrays.
Right or wrong????

And how do I go about retrieving the data from the form and querying back into the database.

Surely there must be a procedure for this; handle an array of similar values in a form?

Paul

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"Right or wrong?"

Wrong, you just have to name the form-input fields like this:

<input type="text" name="scores[]">

then after the post there will be an array called 'scores' in the HTTP_POST_VARS.

read the manual about "variables from outside PHP"

[Anon]

Thanks for that Vincent.

Now I understand. A bit of help like that can work wonders and help solve a problem in no time; I just couldn't see my way through it as I hadn't been able to find code for a similar example in the book I use, Welling.

Paul