problem removing items from a "cart"

[Aviezero]

i have my php scripts embedded in my html so that it creates a table of all the items in a mysql table. i have a script that adds a checkbox to every row named "remove1", "remove2", etc...
how could i check the value of the checkboxes without having to write "remove1", "remove2", etc... (ie. this probably wont work but something like "if 'remove'.$num = true { ... };"

if this doesnt make sense i can try to reword it

[mikeatrpi]

If I understand you, name your checkboxes all as remove[]:

<input type="checkbox" name="remove[]" value="box">
<input type="checkbox" name="remove[]" value="cat">
<input type="checkbox" name="remove[]" value="hat">

Then in your PHP script, iterate through the array $remove. If the user checked "box" and "hat" your array would be two elements in size.

[Aviezero]

not what i was trying to ask but that does solve another problem i was having. my fault ... i will reword a new post more specific
thanks