echoing form data

[levans]

HEy! having a problem having these form checkboxes because I am echoing them instead of them being part of the HTML document...

code...

<?
		 		mysql_connect("***", "***", "***")  

					or die("Could not connect:" . mysql_error());
				mysql_select_db("***") or die("connection failed");


				$nameSelect = "SELECT uname,fname,lname FROM aps_contacts";
				$result = mysql_query($nameSelect);

				while ( $row = @mysql_fetch_array($result) ) 
				{

					echo'<p>';
					echo("<input type='checkbox' id='colors[]' value=\"$row[uname]\" /> Color");
					echo'</p>';

				}

		?>

and then i try to :

$temp = $_POST['colors'][$i];
echo($temp);

but it won't print anything?? Im guessing its because it is not part of the form because im just echoing it...is there a way around this?

Thanks!

[Cailean]

Where is the rest of the form?

The php code that echoes the checkbox input needs to be within the HTML (or php) that produces the rest of the form...

[levans]

nevermind I got it working, thanks for the reply though!