Desperate array/form problem

CherryCherry

Lets see if I can explain this in a way that makes (some) sense...

Basically, I am trying to make an order form that uses arrays, radio buttons and check boxes. here is the basic html code i have right now that kind of explains what i want...I want the user to select their options and then have their options and a total displayed as a return.

<body>
<form action='' method='post'>

   <table border="3">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" scope="col">Gift Extras are $1.00 each</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="extras[]" value="Ribbon" />Ribbon </td>
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="extras[]" value="Tissue Paper" />Tissue Paper</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="extras[]" value="Gift Wrap" />Gift Wrap</td>
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="extras[]" value="Bows" />Bows</td>
  </tr>
  </table>

 <table border="3">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" align="center" scope="col">Shipping</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><input type="radio" name="shipping" value="quick" />Quick $25.00</td>
    <td><input type="radio" name="shipping" value="quicker" />Quicker $40.00</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><input type="radio" name="shipping" value="quickest" />Quickest  $55.00</td>
  </tr>
</table>
 <br>

and here is what i want the output to look like:

  <table border="3">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" scope="col">Your total</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>shipping the user picked</td>
    <td>cost of shipping</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>possible first option the user selected</td>
    <td>$1.00</td>
  </tr>
    <tr>
 <td>possible second option the user selcted (and so on, since i don't know how many they'll choose!)</td>
  <td>$1.00</td>
  </tr>

 <td>your total:</td>
  <td>total cost</td>
  </tr>
 </table>

Oh by the way, i have/want this all in a single php file (redux) but im not sure how to handle the arrays there...

I am totally overwhelmed so ANY help that you have would be greatly appreciated!

bradgrafelman

Welcome to PHPBuilder!

As for displaying the 'extras', $_POST['extras'] will be an array, so you can simply use a [man]foreach[/man] loop to output each entry in that array.

As for calculating the total, if all of the extras have the same cost, then you can just use [man]count/man to find out how many extras were submitted and multiply that quantity by the cost per extra to find the total cost of all extras selected.

CherryCherry

Could anyone show me an example of where those elements should go? Thats kind of my problem right now with my coding knowledge...I know what I should use, but I don't know where to place it!

Here is the php i have, but even if i fix the code, i'm not sure how to stick this all in a redux!

<?php
$extras = array( 'Ribbon'=>1.00, 'Tissue Paper'=>1.00, 'Bows'=>1.00,
'Gift Wrap'=>1.00);

if (isset($_POST['extras']) AND is_array($_POST['extras'])) {

foreach ($_POST['extras'] as $bonus) {
  print "<table border =\"2\">
  <tr><td>item</td><td>cost</td></tr>
  <tr><td>$bonus</td>
  <td>cost</td></tr></table>";
	}


} ?>

This works sorta...but not really because when you select more than one item, a whole new table is created, which is NOT what I want, but I'm not sure where to stick the loop in here! And I'm still totally stuck on how/where to total everything! Thanks in advance!

BrightIdeas

If you start the table before the loop start and you end it after the close of the loop, your loop will only create new table rows for each selection instead of new tables for each... just my $.02... I hope it helps you.

CherryCherry

OK, majorly cleaned up my code and its working (somewhat)... Any suggestions for the problems I have mentioned in my code? Thanks!

<?php
/*This stuff is only here because I want to make sure
there are 2 decimal places in the final numbers since
I'm dealing in "money" values*/
$total = number_format ($total,2);
$value = number_format ($value,2);
$additional = number_format ($additional,2);

/*I think I should define the value of "total" here, right?
$total = $value + $additional isn't working...not recognizing
that they are real number values (I think). So do I need to use
(int) anywhere?*/

$value = array("Quick"=>'25.00', "Quicker"=>'40.00', "Quickest"=>'55.00');
if(isset($_POST['shipping'])) {

$extras = array("Ribbon"=>'1.00', "Tissue paper"=>'1.50', "Gift Wrap"=>'1.00', "Bows"=>'1.00');
if (isset($_POST['extras'])) {
foreach ($_POST['extras'] as $additional) {

/*Table of output results. I know that I need a for loop around the $additional
value to make sure all possible checkbox values run and create new table rows.
But, everytime I put a for loop in there, everything stops working!
I don't know if I'm just not closing the loop right or ...?*/

echo "<table border =\"2\">
    <tr><td>Item</td><td>Charges</td></tr>
    <tr><td>".$value."</td> /*trying (unsuccessfully) to get the actual value name here*/
    <td> $".$value[$_POST['shipping']]."</td></tr>
    <tr><td>".$additional."</td> /*Same story, looking to post the actual name*/
    <td> $".$additional."</td></tr>
    <tr><td>Your total</td> <td>".$total."</td></tr> /*Trying to produce a total here, if only it worked!*/
    </table>";
    /*Everything else is working fine, so thats good!*/
}
}
}
?>


<html>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">

 <table border="2">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" align="center" scope="col">Shipping</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><input type="radio" name="shipping" value="quick" />Quick $25.00</td>
    <td><input type="radio" name="shipping" value="quicker" />Quicker $40.00</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><input type="radio" name="shipping" value="quickest" />Quickest $55.00</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table border="2">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" scope="col">Gift Extras are $1.00 each</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="extras[]" value="1.00" />Ribbon</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="extras[]" value="1.00" />Tissue Paper</td></tr>
  <tr>
<tr><td><input type="checkbox" name="extras[]" value="1.00" />Gift Wrap</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="extras[]" value="1.00" />Bows</td></tr>
  </tr>

<tr><td colspan="2">
<input type="submit" value="Submit"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>