PHP problem

pankirk

So, I have a script that will allow users to post their account items onto a database where other users can post their items/ game currency onto the trade..... I'm sure it was hard to understand any of that, it's hard to explain. Anyway, the page where you put your items to trade is a page where i have a checkbox generated for each item you have. For example:

				while($itemname = $getinvitemsres->fetch_assoc())
				{
					$id = $itemname['item_id'];
					$user_ownid = $itemname['id'];

				$getiteminfoagain = "select * from items where id = '".$id."'";
				$getinfoagainres = $db->query($getiteminfoagain);
				while($infoirem = $getinfoagainres->fetch_assoc())
				{
					$itemnamelol = $infoirem ['name'];
					$itemidid = $infoirem ['id'];
					$description = $infoirem['description'];
					$rarity = $infoirem['rarity'];
					$otheringo = $infoirem['other'];
					$image = $infoirem['image'];

					echo "<tr>
					<td width='15%' align='center' valign='middle' style='border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;'><input type='checkbox' name='UNKNOWN' value='$itemnamelol'></td>
					<td width='85%' valign='middle' style='border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;'><img src='/images/items/$image' width='85' height='85' alt='$description'>
					$itemnamelol - <font color='green'>$rarity</font> <font color='orange'>$otheringo</font></td>
				</tr>";
				}
			}
			echo "</table><input type='submit' value='Create trade!' name='submit' /></form></center>";

that code gets all of the users items from their item table and puts them next to a check box. if you check the checkbox that item will be up for trading... ect. But, the problem i'm having is: since its unknown what the item is or what the value of the checkbox will be (its based on what the user has in their inventory) how can I get the value of the checkbox into an array (an array because it needs to be different for each of the items checked) and then I wull be able to use that array to continue on with the trading... If this doesnt make sense then please tell me so I can revise my post. Thank you so much in advance this helps a lot!

TeraTask

I don't fully understand your question, but structuring your checkbox fields like this will provide an array:

<input type='checkbox' name='available_items[UNKNOWN]' value='$itemnamelol'>

Then, an array of $_POST['available_items'] will be created. I assume in the above code that UNKNOWN changes from entry-to-entry.

Now, taking a look at the code you provided, I would probably structure them like

<input type='checkbox' name='available_items[]' value='$itemidid'> $itemnamelol

Which would display the item and then have a checkbox next to it whose value was $itemidid. Then, you could get the available_items by code like this:

foreach ($_POST['available_items'] as $itemidid) {
  //Do whatever you want with the item ids.
}

pankirk

Thank you very much for your replies guys! I will be back later if I have any more questions! Great help I really appreciate it!