Multiple list of parameters in post or get

[tobytobsen]

Hello!

I am looking for a way to accept a list of multiple parameters for a page i am working on.

I want to be able to create a universal update.php page which updates a mysql database entry. parameters would be:

$table=$_GET['table'];

$primarykeyname=$_GET['primarykeyname'];
$primarykey=$_GET['primarykey'];

$keyname1=$_GET['keyname1'];
$key1=$_GET['key1'];

$keyname2=$_GET['keyname2'];
$key2=$_GET['key2'];

usw... i want to be able to receive as many keynames and keys as neccessary.

Is there a function i can use to find out the amount of args and then, how can i iterate through the parameters... is that like an array?

Thanks so much in advance.

tobytobsen

[laserlight]

You can literally use an array with name="keyname[]"

[tobytobsen]

Thanks for the answer.

In a call like this

example.php?table=tablename&primary=id&data1=test

would the array be...

keyname[0] = table
keyname[1] = primary
keyname[2] = data1

?

and which is the array for the keyvalues?

[laserlight]

I am not sure how it works out on the query string, but you can use $_POST by sending the form with the post method.

[chasiv]

I don't use $GET very much as I prefer $POST.

The call you display "example.php?table=tablename&primary=id&data1=test" will result in

$GET['table'] = 'tablename'
$GET['primary'] = 'id'
$_GET['date1'] = 'test'

But if you want multiple keynames I believe you will want something like:

example.php?keyname=name1,name2,name10

then after you use $keyname= $_GET['keyname']
you'll be able explode($keyname, ",") to get an array of keynames to iterate through.

Make sense ?