Sending an associative array via a group of dynamically created checkboxes

[Krul74]

Hi All
I'm trying to send an associative array via a series of dynamically created checkboxes inside a form.

<form
loop
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echo '<br><input type="checkbox" name="'.$cat['$
shortcat'].'" value="1" '.$checked.'>'.$longcat;

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submit, end form blah blah

$cat['$shortcat'] works when i'm doing other stuff but obviously the quotes are stuffing up the checkbox part of the form.
How else can I do this??
Thanks!

[sfullman]

I suggest you make a few changes:

1. have the checkboxes submitted as an array:

<input type="checkbox" name="cats[<?php echo $cat[ID]?>]" <?php echo $checked?> value=1"><?php echo $cat[LongCats]?><br/>

2. as you saw above, use the primary key of the category, not its name (unless you're really comfortable with that). If you use string vs. integer, at least inclose the value in the htmlentities() function as:

<input type="checkbox" name="<?php echo htmlentities($cat[ShortCats])?>]" <?php echo $checked?> value=1"><?php echo $cat[LongCats]?><br/>

3. What do you mean by "stuffing up" anyway?