arrays and php

[Anon]

Hi.

I need to create an array of input boxes in html. PHP manual tells me to do this:

<form name=frm>
<input name=myArray[]>
<input name=myArray[]>
<input name=myArray[]>
</form>

And the whole problem lies in those square brackets... I can't have javascript to understand them. To create an array and access it with javascript those square brackets should not be there. But if I take them out, PHP can't access the array. It only references the last input box.

Any ideas what to do now?

Thanks in advance,
Zirbes

[a-ocs]

Are you naming each input field differently?

Ex:

<form name=frm>
<input name=myArray[a]>
<input name=myArray>
<input name=myArray[c]>
</form>

Then you just access them like $myArray[a], $myArray, etc.

Peace,
Tommy

[Anon]

No, no, I am using empty square brackets. To access them I just use $myArray[0], $myArray[1], and so on.

My problem is that javascript doesn't seem to be capable of dealing with objects having square brackets on their names. And I must use javascript to manipulate the data in the input boxes...

Thanks anyway,
Zirbes

[a-ocs]

Well, I'm saying, I think you need to fill the brackets with actual keys, such as 0, 1, 2, or character keys.

Check out the example on php.net.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php

Peace,
Tommy

[a-ocs]

Notice the only input field they don't set a key for is the select, because it will be beer[0]=firstselection and beer[1]=secondselection, etc.

Peace,
Tommy

[Anon]

Um, make sure you are calling the values correctly in javascript: i.e.

<form name=form1>
<input type=text name=string[]>
</form>

and in javascript you would refer to that form field as:

window.document.form1.string[].value

that is all i know about javascript.

[Anon]

That's exactly the point.

You can't access the variable like that in javascript. But now, thanks to a link indicated by Tom (although he wanted to show me something else in the same page) I've found out the answer. In your example, to access the input box we should do:

document.form1['string[$i]'].value

instead of

document.form1.string[$i].value

I haven't tested it yet, but it appears to be right.

Thanks for your help,
Zirbes

[Anon]

Hi Tom.

Thanks for your help.

The answer to my question is indeed in the link you provided. Only it is in a different part of the page than you thought.

See my answer to Jon Bardin.

Thanks again,
Zirbes