filling an array from a form....

[wiztek2000]

I am have an order form with various items and quantities named item1 quantity1 etc... I would like to fill an array with the quantity values using a for loop ( or at least that is the way I am trying to do it).

I'm sure my error lies in my syntax and lack of php knowledge.

for ( $i=1; $i<=84; ++$i){
$quanitity[$i] = $HTTP_POST_VARS[quantity.$i];
}

Of course it doesnt work...but seems as though i may be close, I'm going off of C language I learned 8 years ago...any help would once again be greatly appreciated. Thank You!

[siwis]

I haven't got a massive amount of experience in this, but off the top of my head, you could use the form you submit from to create the array for you:

<input type="text" name="array1[]" id="array1[]">

This would negate the need for you to do any form of array constructing once the form has been submitted. Each input field will be incremented at the same time, even if it has an empty value.