Checkbox array help need for noobie

[phpgirl]

Hello, I am very new to PHP and I am trying to modify some code to be able to download several documents at a time. At the moment all I want to do is to pass the checked box values in the array to output them on the following page, but I can't get it working. 😕 😕

The code in my first page is as follows:

<form name="BulkDownload" action="out.BulkDownload.php" method="post">
<table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<?
$documents = $folder->getDocuments();
$documents = filterAccess($documents, $user, M_READ);
if (count($documents) > 0)
{
$rownum = count($documents)+1;
print "<tr>\n";
print "<td></td>\n";
print "<td class=\"filelist\" style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid #000080;\"><i>".getMLText("name")."</i></td>\n";
print "<td rowspan=".$rownum." style=\"border-left: 1pt solid #000080;\">&nbsp;</td>\n";
print "<td class=\"filelist\" style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid #000080;\"><i>".getMLText("comment")."</i></td>\n";
print "<td rowspan=".$rownum." style=\"border-left: 1pt solid #000080;\">&nbsp;</td>\n";
print "<td class=\"filelist\" style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid #000080;\"><i>".getMLText("owner")."</i></td>\n";
print "</tr>\n";
foreach($documents as $document)
{
$owner = $document->getOwner();
$comment = $document->getComment();
if (strlen($comment) > 25) $comment = substr($comment, 0, 22) . "...";
print "<tr>";
print "<td><img src=\"images/file.gif\" width=18 height=18 border=0></td>";
print "<td class=\"filelist\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"id" . $row[id] . "\" value=\"1\"><a class=\"filelist\" href=\"out.ViewDocument.php?documentid=".$document->getID()."\">" . $document->getName() . "</a></td>\n";
$idList .= $sep . $row[id];
$sep = ",";
print "<td class=\"filelist\">" . $comment . "</td>";
print "<td class=\"filelist\">".$owner->getFullName()."</td>";
print "</tr>";

		}
	}
	else
		print "<tr><td class=\"filelist\">".getMLText("no_documents")."</td></tr>";


?>
</table>

<? print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"idlist\" value=\"$idList\">" ?>

<input type="submit" value="Bulk Download"> </form> 

Second page code:

<? $array_id = explode ("," "$idList");
foreach($array_id as $id){
if(${"id" . $id} == 1){
print ="$idList";
}
}
?>

Thank you.

[laserlight]

"At the moment all I want to do is to pass the checked box values in the array to output them on the following page"

I suggest that you stop working on your main script, and try it out with 2 test files.
Cut out all the extra formatting, keep to the bare minimum, and work out your problem.

[phpgirl]

Thanks laserlight. This is as simple as it gets I'm afraid, because the code is pulling documents from a database depending on which user is logged in. I am only testing with 3 files. The specific code in page one that I am trying to sort out is:

print "<td class=\"filelist\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"id" . $row[id] . "\" value=\"1\"><a class=\"filelist\" href=\"out.ViewDocument.php?documentid=".$document->getID()."\">" . $document->getName() . "</a></td>\n";

The second page is:

<? $array_id = explode ("," "$idList");
foreach($array_id as $id){
if(${"id" . $id} == 1){
print ="$idList";
}
}
?>

[seame]

If I understand correctly, you're looking for something like this:

file: checkboxes.html

<form name='test' method='POST' action='test.php'>
<input type='checkbox' name='file[]' value='row1'><br>
<input type='checkbox' name='file[]' value='row2'><br>
<input type='checkbox' name='file[]' value='row3'><br>
<input type='checkbox' name='file[]' value='row4'><br>
<input type='submit'>
</form>

file: test.php

<?php

if (!is_array($_POST['file'])) $files[] = $_POST['file'];
else $files = $_POST['file'];

foreach($files as $file){

echo $file."<br>\n";
}

?>

[phpgirl]

Thanks sesame. I think I was getting overly complicated because the files were in an array. Looking at your code and with some modifications, I have managed to get the result I wanted. Now for the java applet to do the downloading..my head is gonna explode. 🙁

Also laserlight..I took your advice and stripped absolutely all unnecessary coding, even though it looked simple.

Thanks guys.😃