Form Arrays

Reformed

This may be a dumb question, but is there a way to make parts of a form into an array? I know that you can make each form input an array by using

<input type="text" name="someName[]">

, but can you designate a section of the form to act as an index for an array in a form? Something like this:

<section of form name="index[]">
<input type="text" name="someName">
<input type="text" name="anotherName">
</section of form>

LordShryku

Meaning you want to push all of those form elements into the array? If so, it can be done, but would require javascript...

rachel2004

To Reformed:

Does it have to be an array? Why not register your variables in a $_SESSION variable and only call them when you need them?

I guess it depends on what your reasoning is for the form/array in the first place...

Reformed

Well, here's what I want to do. It's probably very simple. I have an array coming from a form. Each form field represents an array and I want to add the value of each field to a databas in some type of foreach query. I don't understand how to create an array for each of my for fields that can be used for the query. Here's what the array looks like:

Array
(
    [date] => Array
        (
            [0] => 2004-05-29
            [1] => 2004-05-29
            [2] => 2004-05-29
            [3] => 2004-05-27
        )

[hours] => Array
    (
        [0] => 12.00
        [1] => 12.00
        [2] => 1.00
        [3] => 1.00
    )

[shortDesc] => Array
    (
        [0] => some crap
        [1] => dsds
        [2] => e
        [3] => sds
    )

[client] => Array
    (
        [0] => 6
        [1] => 34
        [2] => 34
        [3] => 2
    )

[project] => Array
    (
        [0] => 6
        [1] => 3
        [2] => 3
        [3] => 9
)

I want to add each form elelment into a query for each index. Is there a good way to turn each of my form arrays into one array per form index?

LordShryku

It looks more like for loop would suit the situation, unless there's a reason you couldn't use one...

Reformed

Can you maybe show me what that might look like. I'm experiencing brain block. Thanks.

LordShryku

It's the heat. I understand 😃

Assuming your array is structured like above...

/* In case you plan to use the array keys
   for field names */
$fields = implode(", ", array_keys($array));


for($i=0;$i<count($array['date']);$i++) {
   $sql = "INSERT INTO table (".$fields.")
                VALUES ('".$array['date'][$i]."', '".$array['hours'][$i]."', '".$array['shortDesc'][$i]."', 
                        '".$array['client'][$i]."', '".$array['project'][$i]."')";
   db_query($sql);
}

Reformed

You are a life saver. I get it now. Thanks alot. 🆒