[RESOLVED] Generic Form Handler, Input Type

[dougal85]

If i have no idea what is in the form that is being sent. How can i find out the type of input that the data is coming from?

ie;
<input type="text" ...
<input type="password" ...
<input type="radio ...

Is it possible?

Basically what I am doing at the moment is looping through the $_POST array and getting all the data, but i want to be able to tell what each of the form elements is.

Thanks

[NogDog]

I don't think so. All you have to go on is the $POST or $GET keys and values. All I can suggest is to use some sort of naming convention in the form element names:

<input type="text" name="txt_test1" ...
<input type="password" name="pwd_test2" ...
<input type="radio" name="rad_test3" ...

Then in your form-handler you could check the $POST/$GET array key via a substr() of the key, exploding it on "_", or whatever other method makes sense for the naming convention you choose.

[dougal85]

Cool, thanks. That was a possible solution that i was working on already for specific formats - such as email validation.

I didn't think it would be possible, but sometimes the wonders never cease

Thanks