How do I put form values into variables?

[jennyp]

I'm pretty new to php, so please bear with me if I'm overlooking some obvious things here! I have an html form which gets sent to a php page that processes it. On the processing page I'm putting the form values into php variables like this:

$rv001LineCode = $POST['rv001Code'];
$rv001LineDescrip = $POST['rv001Descrip'];
$rv001LinePrice = $POST['rv001Price'];
$rv001LineStatus = $POST['rv001Status'];
$rv001LineColours = $_POST['rv001Colours'];

$rv002LineCode = $POST['rv002Code'];
$rv002LineDescrip = $POST['rv002Descrip'];
$rv002LinePrice = $POST['rv002Price'];
$rv002LineStatus = $POST['rv002Status'];
$rv002LineColours = $_POST['rv002Colours'];

...and this goes on up to number 47! It's the same with putting the values into an array. How do I loop them into variables/arrays using less code?

Thanks!

[lucasrd]

You could do something like this....

while(list($key,$val) = each($_POST)){
   $$key = $val;
}

This takes each key in your $_POST array and creates a variable (the double dollar sign) with the same name as a key.

[jennyp]

Thanks I'll try that.

[justsomeone]

whay can't you just use the POST array they came in?