Looping through form results

deregular

Suppose i have a form like the following.......

if(isset($_GET['daysinweekly'])){
	$days = $_POST['days'];

echo"<form name='' method='POST' action='weekly.php?submitweekly=$days'>";
echo"<input type='text' name='pplcount'>"; <<<<<<-----------this is my problem

for($today=1;$today<=$days;$today++){
   echo"Total Customers: <input type='text' name='m_customers".$today."'>";
   echo"Total for today: $ <input type='text' name='m_total".$today."'>";
}

echo"<input type='submit' name='' value='Submit'></form>";

}

which effectively gives form fields for a chosen amount of days.

When this form is submitted, I can get the results and echo them out with the following.

foreach( $_POST AS $title => $value ){
			$$title = stripslashes( $value );

		echo"$$title : $value<br>";
}

However, I also have the 'pplcount' field (bolded above) that is used for 'all' days not each one, so I need to output that first and then loop through the rest without echoing out that form field result for everyday....

In other words it needs to output like below....

Person count : $_POST[pplcount]

Day 1
Customers : $POST[m_customers1]
Total : $POST[m_total1]

Day 2
Customers : $POST[m_customers2]
Total : $POST[m_total2]

And so on.....................

I hope someone can help because im totally stuck.

(btw ive used the above as an example, my form is much larger than this so i really do need to loop through the results for each day.)

devinemke

i suggest you restructure how the data is returned from the form. put the stuff to be looped into a separate array:

generate form:

$days = $_POST['days'];

echo '
<form action="weekly.php?submitweekly=' . $days . '" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="pplcount">
';

for ($today = 1; $today <= $days; $today++)
{
	echo '
	Total Customers: <input type="text" name="array[' . $today . '][customers]">
	Total for today: $ <input type="text" name="array[' . $today . '][total]">
	';
}

echo '
<input type="submit" name="" value="Submit">
</form>
';

form processor:

echo $_POST['pplcount'] . '<br><br>';

foreach ($_POST['array'] as $key => $value)
{
	echo 'Day ' . $key . '<br>
	Customers: ' . $value['customers'] . '<br>
	Total: ' . $value['total'] . '<br><br>';	
}

deregular

exactly the sort of thing i was after, just couldnt see the forest for the trees :o)
I did have a do'h moment and realised after posting i could simply loop through the 1 set of form fields very similar to how i created the form, and that would work, however your array example is much cleaner and leaner.

Thanks mate, will let you know how i go.

cheers