looping multiple posted form rows with multiple form fields.

screative

I have the following form:

<form action="directory.php5" method="post">
  <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#cccccc">
    <tr bgcolor="#f4f4f4">
      <td>parent nav order </td>
      <td>file name</td>
      <td>rename</td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <td><select name="parentnav[]" id="parentnav">
          <option value="1">1</option>
          <option value="2">2</option>
          <option value="3">3</option>
          <option value="4">4</option>
          <option value="5">5</option>
          <option value="6">6</option>
          <option value="0">off</option>
        </select>
        <input name="filename[]" type="hidden" value="contact.php5" /></td>
      <td><a href="fileeditor.php5?url=contact.php5&action=edit">contact.php5</a></td>
      <td><a href="directory.php5?url=contact.php5&action=rename">rename file</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <td><select name="parentnav[]" id="parentnav">
          <option value="1">1</option>
          <option value="2">2</option>
          <option value="3">3</option>
          <option value="4">4</option>
          <option value="5">5</option>
          <option value="6">6</option>
          <option value="0">off</option>
        </select>
        <input name="filename[]" type="hidden" value="error.php5" /></td>
      <td><a href="fileeditor.php5?url=error.php5&action=edit">error.php5</a></td>
      <td><a href="directory.php5?url=error.php5&action=rename">rename file</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <td><select name="parentnav[]" id="parentnav">
          <option value="1">1</option>
          <option value="2">2</option>
          <option value="3">3</option>
          <option value="4">4</option>
          <option value="5">5</option>
          <option value="6">6</option>
          <option value="0">off</option>
        </select>
        <input name="filename[]" type="hidden" value="index.php5" /></td>
      <td><a href="fileeditor.php5?url=index.php5&action=edit">index.php5</a></td>
      <td><a href="directory.php5?url=index.php5&action=rename">rename file</a></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <input name="update" type="submit" id="update" value="Update Files" />
</form>

I am trying to loop through the rows using the form field "filename[]" as the key or unique identifier. I have two arrays from the posted data after the form is submitted. When your looping through the "filename[]" array how to you associate the corresponding "parentnav[]" array item with it???

screative

I have the following form:

<form action="directory.php5" method="post">
  <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#cccccc">
    <tr bgcolor="#f4f4f4">
      <td>parent nav order </td>
      <td>file name</td>
      <td>rename</td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <td><select name="parentnav[]" id="parentnav">
          <option value="1">1</option>
          <option value="2">2</option>
          <option value="3">3</option>
          <option value="4">4</option>
          <option value="5">5</option>
          <option value="6">6</option>
          <option value="0">off</option>
        </select>
        <input name="filename[]" type="hidden" value="contact.php5" /></td>
      <td><a href="fileeditor.php5?url=contact.php5&action=edit">contact.php5</a></td>
      <td><a href="directory.php5?url=contact.php5&action=rename">rename file</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <td><select name="parentnav[]" id="parentnav">
          <option value="1">1</option>
          <option value="2">2</option>
          <option value="3">3</option>
          <option value="4">4</option>
          <option value="5">5</option>
          <option value="6">6</option>
          <option value="0">off</option>
        </select>
        <input name="filename[]" type="hidden" value="error.php5" /></td>
      <td><a href="fileeditor.php5?url=error.php5&action=edit">error.php5</a></td>
      <td><a href="directory.php5?url=error.php5&action=rename">rename file</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <td><select name="parentnav[]" id="parentnav">
          <option value="1">1</option>
          <option value="2">2</option>
          <option value="3">3</option>
          <option value="4">4</option>
          <option value="5">5</option>
          <option value="6">6</option>
          <option value="0">off</option>
        </select>
        <input name="filename[]" type="hidden" value="index.php5" /></td>
      <td><a href="fileeditor.php5?url=index.php5&action=edit">index.php5</a></td>
      <td><a href="directory.php5?url=index.php5&action=rename">rename file</a></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <input name="update" type="submit" id="update" value="Update Files" />
</form>

thorpe

When your looping through the "filename[]" array how to you associate the corresponding "parentnav[]" array item with it???

In what way do they correspond? Put simply.... they dont.

bogu

They have the same index?

For filename[0] correspond parentnav[0], for filename[1] correspond parentnav[1] and for filename [2] correspond parentnav[2]...

So, "loop through the rows" would be like this:

$filename = array();
foreach ($_POST['filename'] as $key=>$value) {
    $filename[$key] = $_POST['parentnav'][$key];
}

screative

Ok this is what I have now, is this right? I can't seem to use the post data for some reason though, I think because it is an array?? Or maybe this whole thing is wrong??

$filename = array();
foreach ($POST['filename'] as $key=>$value) {
$filename[$key] = $POST['parentnav'][$key];

$xml = simplexml_load_file("$docroot/admin/xml/string($POST['filename'])");
$xml->parentnav[0] = string($POST['parentnav']);
$xml = $xml->asXML(); // returns the SimpleXML object as a serialized XML string

$file = fopen("$docroot/admin/xml/string($POST['filename'])","wb");
fwrite($file,$xml);
chmod("$docroot/admin/xml/string($POST['filename'])",0777);
fclose($file);
}