Array element INSIDE of a FORM?

[mystic]

I am trying to PASS a set of FORM values to another page..

but this is not an ordinary form..
the form elements are parsed from an array..which is gotten from a MySQL table

Something like..

$Filename = "Edit.php";

// for simplicity sake I will assign it to variable but normally this 
// is gotten from MySQL table
$Array = "40:50";
$Value = explode($Array);
// I seperate this out and display them in the forms
// I will leave this out for brevity..

echo "<form action = 'update.php'>";

$X =0; 
$Query = "SELECT X from Table";
while ($Row = mysql_query($Query)) 
{
 $X = $Row['X'];
 echo "<input type='text' name='TEST".$X."' value = '".$Value[$X]."' size ='3'>";
 $X = ($X+1);
}

echo "</form>";

I want to be able to (in the update.php) show all those values in a singe variable that I can turn into an : seperated $ARRAY.

so if the first value they typed is 10 and the second is 20 I would have
$ARRAY = "10:20";
then I can update a MySQL table using that..

$UQ = "UPDATE Table SET X = '".$ARRAY."' ";
$UR = mysql_query($UQ) OR DIE('ERROR: '."<BR>".mysql_error()."<BR>");

echo "UPDATED! Click <a href='Edit.php'>HERE</a> to return";

I know that is not the correct way to do it.. am looking for the correct way to do it..
Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Thanx,
Mystic

[toolaphile69]

have you tried setting it as a global???

global $array;

you could pass the variable to another form using this.....

example of this would be

first page

echo "<a href='test.php3?array=$array'

the next page would have the global $array;

or you could name or call the var in your form....

echo "</td></tr><tr><td width=20% align='right' bgcolor='#eeeeee'>";
echo "$TEXT Array Input $ENDTEXT";
echo "</td><td width=80% align='left' bgcolor='#ffffff'>$TEXT<input type=text name=array size=20>$ENDTEXT";

$query ="insert into database ( array) values (";

$query .= "'".$GLOBALS["array"]."',";
$query .= ")";

something kina like this...hope this helps.....

"think for yourself question authority"

[Jesteruk]

I didn't really follow what you were trying to ask, but I can tell you (if it helps any) you CAN send form inputs as arrays. Say you did

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

and filled in all the inputs and submitted the form, all the values would now be available in

$_POST['array']

while is in itself an array. Does that help any?

[mystic]

That got it!!
Thanx!

Here is what I did..

//form.php
echo "<form action='Results.php'>";
while (Condition_exists($GZ)) {
echo "<input type='text' name='P[]' value='".$GZ."' size ='3'>";
}
echo "<input type='submit' value='sumbit'>";
echo "</form>";

// results.php
$X = 0;
$CNT = count($_POST['P']);
While ($X < $CNT) {
 if ($P[$X] != "") {
 echo "P".$X."= ".$P[$X]."<BR>";
 $X = ($X+1);
 } else {
 echo "<B>DOH!</B>";exit();
 }
}

..kind of a round-a-bout way but it worked..

Thanx,
Mystic

[Jesteruk]

Cool, it's surprising how few people mention that in tutorials. I've been fiddling with web design for about 3 years now and I only learned about submitting arrays very recently.

Anyways, glad it helped.

[PyroX]

ya, and use <INPUT TYPE=hidden to hide it, just loop through your array. Note that this method makes using javascript on the fields almost impossible.