Problem with form processing. pls help!

aharrover

I'm having a bit of a problem with processing a form. The form has a mix of check boxes and drop downs. At first it only had check boxes and the code which is below worked just fine. I added some drop downs and when the data gets inserted all that shows up in the database is the name of the array for the drop down.

For instance, on the checkboxes in the form, I might name one foo[]. That works fine. For the drop downs I might give it a form name of bar[]. When I go back and look at the data that gets inserted, the checkboxes are done correctly. The dropdown records all have "bar" as their data. I suspect that the array is different for a dropdown but I haven't been able to fathom it yet.....

Here's the code that parses the passed array:

//first count number of items in array and set it
$numOpts = count($POST["{$sarray[$k]}"] );
if ($numOpts>1){
$myOpts=implode(",",$POST["{$sarray[$k]}"]);
}elseif ($numOpts==1){
// $myOpts=$POST["{$sarray[$k]}"];
$myOpts=implode(",",$POST["{$sarray[$k]}"]);
}else{
$myOpts="";
}
$pieces = "";
$pieces = explode(",", $myOpts);
for ($z=0;$z<$numOpts;$z++)
{
$dicer = explode("_", $pieces[$z]);
// $smallerpieces[0] = $dicer[0];
$smallerpieces[0] = $sarray[$k];
$smallerpieces[1] = $dicer[1];
$client = new service();
$client->clientid=$smallerpieces[1];
$client->servicetype=$smallerpieces[0];
$client->family_id = $familyid;
$client->servicedate = $phpdate;
if ($client->servicetype == "") {
$counter2++;
} else {
$client->insert();
$counter++;
}}
}

Any help would be appreciated

aharrover

I thought I might mention that this form repeats several times - each time the fields have the same name but since they have array names it's ok.

It is for a homeless shelter to help them manage themselves better. There is a row of checkboxes for each person in a family. They are like "Homeless" "voucher" "day care", etc. If someone comes in and we call up their record, it also brings up the records for the rest of their family. We then tick off what each person in the family needs. Now, thanks mainly to the gov't, we need more detailed data and had to add the drop downs.

The array names (foo[]) don't seem to work. I think that the variable data is in a different position in the array but I'm kinda lost....

nemonoman

You're doing something in a somewhat complicated but powerful way: a way that takes a LOT of skill and understanding:

Suppose you create an input variable:
First Name: <input type=text name=FirstName>

once submitted the post array will have this element, which your code can access:

$_POST['FirstName']

Your UNPOSTED FORM CODE appears to be creating an ARRAY of inputs, however:

First Name: <input type=text name=myArray[]>
Last Name: <input type=text name=myArray[]>
Favorite color: <input type=text name=myArray[]>

etc.

In this instance, you have assigned the input values to a POST'ed
array.

once submitted the post array will have this array as an element, which your code can access:

$POST['myArray'][0];
$POST['myArray'][1];
$_POST['myArray'][2];

You will need to figure out the programmitic application of those posted array elements.

You will need to construct your code to be aware that
$_POST['myArray'][0] is the input meant to be used as a first name.

Hope this helps