[RESOLVED] Automatic Generation of $_Post Statement

[markmax33]

Team,
I am trying to create a loop that automatically creates a $_Post for variables that I have automatically created on a previous page.

for ($i = 1 ; $i <=$actual_number_of_stories ; $i++)
if($main_occupancy!=""){$$ifloor_area_occ1 = $_POST['$ifloor_area_occ1'];}

}
What I want to happen is the loop to create a variable that looks like:

1floor_area_occ1
2floor_area_occ1
3floor_area_occ1

I want to use the $i infront of the variable as a number infront of a standard variable "floor_area_occ1".

What am I doing wrong? Is it bad to automatically create $_Post statements? Should I just hard code them all in? It is probably 300 variables!

Thanks for any help!

-Markmax33

[NogDog]

For one thing, variable names cannot begin with a number: they must begin with a letter or underscore. Also, you have a variable within single quotes as part of an array index ($_POST['$ifloor_area_occ1']), meaning the variable $i will not be interpolated and you'll instead just get the literal characters '$' and 'i' at that point.

In any case, my recommendation would be to use an array instead of messing around with variable variables, as arrays are much easier to maintain, plus there are a whole bunch of built-in functions for working with them.

floor_area_occ1[$i] = $_POST[$i.'floor_area_occ1'];

[markmax33]

NOGDOG,
Thanks for the help! I 100% agree with the Array. I don't think I can collect user data from a form AND dump it into an array on the same page can I? How do I trick PHP to collect the information and put it into the array AFTER they hit the submit button, but before the next page appears?