multiple checkbox entries?

TemprateRage

I making a page so people can purchase items, they do so by clicking a check box(s) and submiting the form, But if they select more then one checkbox, when it goes to the next page, it only has the first item listed and none of the others. can anybody tell me what im doing wrong, or missing, it is just a basic form. and if i select just one box, then it works fine, but if i select multiple boxes it only shows the first box checked.

LordShryku

If they all have the same name, you need to make it an array by changing the name from "name" to "name[]".

TemprateRage

all the check boxes do have the same name, but different vaules.

plus there is not just the one form object. there is more, such as

description - hidden feild
price - (checkbox)
quanity - text feild

right now i just have a prityt basic form set up.

<input name="x_Description" type="hidden" id="x_Description" value="55025 "> 
<input name="x_Amount" type="checkbox" id="x_Amount" value="29.71">
<input name="amount" type="text" id="qty3" size="2" maxlength="2">

and on the page that processes and checks it all, i have this.

(im not gonna put the whole page, as there is alot there. im only gonna put the part i think matters.)

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Order Form</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H3>Final Order</H3>

<?
$x_Description = $HTTP_GET_VARS['x_Description'];
$x_Amount = $HTTP_GET_VARS['x_Amount'];
$qty = $HTTP_GET_VARS['qty'];

// *** IF YOU WANT TO PASS CURRENCY CODE do the following: ***
// Assign the transaction currency (from your shopping cart) to $currencycode variable

if ($x_Description == "")
	$x_Description = $HTTP_POST_VARS['x_Description'];

if ($x_Amount == "")
	$x_Amount = $HTTP_POST_VARS['x_Amount'];

?>

Description: <?= $x_Description ?> <BR />
Quantity : <?= $amount ?> <br />
Total Amount : <?= $x_Amount *$amount ?>

any help would be much appreciated.

dnast

I only see one checkbox.

I think $amount should be $qty, by the way.

TemprateRage

oh, well, all the other check boxes are the same with the expetion of vaule. so more then one would just look like

input name="x_Description" type="hidden" id="x_Description" value="55025 "> 
<input name="x_Amount" type="checkbox" id="x_Amount" value="29.71">
<input name="amount" type="text" id="qty3" size="2" maxlength="2">

input name="x_Description" type="hidden" id="x_Description" value="55026 "> 
<input name="x_Amount" type="checkbox" id="x_Amount" value="30.81">
<input name="amount" type="text" id="qty3" size="2" maxlength="2">

im trying to get it so if they choose more then one item it shows it onthe next page, but when i enter in two items, it only shows 1 item, and the quanity i put in.

so everything works, except they can not select multiple items.

dnast

You should do what LordShryku said then. If you have multiple inputs with the same name, the last one with a value will overwrite whatever was typed/selected before it, unless it is an array (hence the "name[]")

TemprateRage

ok, i changed them to arrays, but when i submitted the form, it didnt even show the first item, it displayed this.

Description: Array 
Quantity : Array 
Total Amount : 
Fatal error: Unsupported operand types in /home/x-tremed/public_html/sim.php on line 38

dnast

Yes, you'll need to specify which key of the array you want to use. Here's a simple loop to display the results:

<?php
for($i = 0; $i < count($x_Description); $i++); { ?>
    Description: <?= $x_Description[$i] ?> <br />
    Quantity : <?= $qty[$i] ?> <br />
    Total Amount : <?= $x_Amount[$i] * $qty[$i] ?><br /><br />
<?php
} //end of for loop ?>