not reading form array values properly

xaon

I'm having some trouble with a html form passing through some ID strings for some entries.

My form checkboxes are as such.
<input type="checkbox" name="ident[]" value="text-1234-1234-12">
<input type="checkbox" name="ident[]" value="text-4567-4567-45">

now, say my php script reads as such.
<?
$brochure = $_REQUEST[brochures];
echo $brochure[0];
?>

my output is '1234-1234-12'

i've tried some other different values in the form and have come up with these results.

value - php output
aaa - aaa
111 - 111
aaa111 - 11
111aa - a
111aaa - aa
first one - t one

it seems to be cutting off the first 4 characters each time if the value is over 4 characters long. Does anyone have any ideas on this?

Thanks,

Kris

theeper

Try something like this ...

<? 
for ($i=0; $i<count($_POST['ident']); $i++) {
echo $_POST['ident'][$i];
echo "<BR>";
}
?> 
<FORM ACTION="<?=$PHP_SELF; ?>" METHOD="post">
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="ident[]" VALUE="text-1234-1234-12"> 
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="ident[]" VALUE="text-4567-4567-45"> 
<INPUT TYPE=submit>
</FORM>

I Think that is what you are looking for. I believe the problem you are having is in the way you are calling the posted variable array.

You are trying to acces a specific position in the string array. Maybe this will make sense to you ...

<?
$variable = "test";
echo $variable[0]; // produces "t"
echo "<BR>";
echo $variable[1]; // produces "e"
?>
... and so on

xaon

ok. I just tried your script on my server, and it produced the same results. Tried it on another server and it produced the correct results.

Different versions of php on these machines.

So I guess I'll try reinstalling php again on my machine.

Also, I think for pulling a character out of a string, you use {} brackets instead.

Thanks alot.

theeper

PHP does support C type string manipulation using numerically indexed arrays and square bracket syntax. The square bracket syntax is being replaced with the curly bracket syntax though.

lnfreish

yes, it will work correctly in PHP4.3.0RC2

xaon

theeper: cool. I did not know that.

I managed to solve my problem. It was something botched in my 4.2.1 installation. I went ahead and reinstalled 4.1.2 and now it works beautifully.

Thanks guys!

Kris