best way of reaching an POSTED array ?

dgr

hello

i have the following php code, used to extract an array element from a posted array.

if(isset($_POST["arraymilestonedetail"])){
     $arraymilestonedetail = $_POST["arraymilestonedetail"];
     $mil_milestone_id = $arraymilestonedetail["mil_milestone_id"];

can lines 2 and 3 be done on a single line?

cheers

dgr

OhLordy

Yes,

$mil_milestone_id=$_POST['arraymilestonedetail']['mil_milestone_id'];

I didn't know you could pass arrays by POST, how do you do it?
Cheers
Rob

dgr

ive never had problems passing arrays by post, in fact is that not the best way to do it? a simple ISSET test on the array can tell you if anything has been posted.

e.g. this code in a form would be one element of an array.


           echo("
                <tr><td width=\"17\"><img src=\"images/help.jpg\" title=\"help here\"></td><td width=\"150\">Description</td><td width=\"325\"><textarea rows=\"6\" cols=\"80\" name=\"arraymilestonedetail[mil_description]\" class=textbox wrap>$row01[mil_description]</textarea></td></tr>
           ");

OhLordy

So you just put square brakets around the second part of the element name and that becomes an array element inside an array by the name of the first part? That is cool! Makes cycling through relevant parts of the POST array much simpler.
Thanks!
Rob

dgr

it appears that php automatically treats $foo[bar] as the array $foo with an element bar. thats the best way that i have found for sending data from forms to php. you just have to deal with isset($foo) rather than having to deal with each form element

dgr