[RESOLVED] dumping $_POST contents

[IraqiGeek]

Hi all,

I am trying to dump the contents of $_POST, and need to dump the variable names, as well as their values. However, I don't know the variable names in advance.

Currently, I am using something like

foreach ($_POST as $post_value)
$some_string=$some_string."\n".$post_value;

which gets me all the values sent with POST by the user. How can I get the variable names as well as their values retreived?

Thanks
IraqiGeek

[endurox]

Hope this is what you're axing for:

form input field:
<input type="text" name="firstname" />

php code
$variable = $_POST['firstname']
echo "firstname = " . $variable;

will echo out whatever was entered into the firstname filed on the form.

[IraqiGeek]

endurox wrote:

Hope this is what you're axing for:

form input field:
<input type="text" name="firstname" />

php code
$variable = $_POST['firstname']
echo "firstname = " . $variable;

will echo out whatever was entered into the firstname filed on the form.

This is the problem. I don't know in advance the variable names in the form. I need to parse $_POST to get those variable names.

Its for a proxy, so I don't know in advance at which site the user is. I need to parse _POST contents as they come.

Thanks,
IraqiGeek

[endurox]

Here you go, this should at least point you to the right location:

<?php
// This will import GET and POST vars
// with an "rvar" prefix
import_request_variables("gP", "rvar");

echo $rvar_foo;
?>

Source:
http://us2.php.net/import_request_variables

[ClarkF1]

You could try:

foreach ($_POST as $key => $value)
{
echo "\$$key = $value<br>";
}

[IraqiGeek]

ClarkF1 wrote:

You could try:

foreach ($_POST as $key => $value)
{
echo "\$$key = $value<br>";
}

Thanks! Thats precisely what I needed.

Thanks,
IraqiGeek

[bradgrafelman]

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