On 1/17/08, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 1/17/08, Nathan Nobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > >  $name = $_POST['name'];
> > >  if ($name) {
> > >  foreach ($name as $t) {
> > >
> > >        echo "$t";
> > >    }
>
> > >    $order = $_POST['order'];
> > >    if ($order) {
> > >    foreach ($order as $i) {
>
> >
> > there are a few different issues here; first of all; are you sure
> > $_POST['name']
> > and $_POST['order'] are even arrays?
>
> hint:
>
> if(isset($_POST['name']) && is_array($_POST['name']))


Steve,

// Do you have several html form elements such as <input type="text"
name="name[]"> in your html?
// Mike's suggestion...
if( isset( $_POST['name'] ) && is_array( $_POST['name'] ) ) {

 // you'll never get in here if you don't...
 $name = $_POST['name'];

         // foreach expects an array, as Nathan states. Even if $name is an
array, $t
         // will hold only the last value in the array when the foreach loop
is exited
         // because $t is being overwritten with each iteration.
         foreach ($name as $t) {

                 echo "$t";

         } // end foreach ($name)

         $order = $_POST['order'];

         if ($order) {

                 // see above about arrays and foreach
                 foreach ($order as $i) {

                        //Update the table in MySQL

                        $i = mysql_real_escape_string($i, $cnx); // One of
Eric's suggestions

                        $update_data = "UPDATE sections SET `order` = '$i'
WHERE name = '$t'";

                        $response = mysql_query( $update_data, $cnx );

                        if(mysql_error()) die ('database error<br>'.
mysql_error());

                        echo "$i";

                 } //end foreach ($order)

         }

}

 Assuming both $_POST['name'] and $_POST['order'] are arrays, the way your
code is now structured, the table `sections` will have the record(s) where
name equals the last value in the $names array updated multiple times, once
for each value in the $order array, but all you will see is that
the record(s) will have the last value in the $order array.

See if this makes any sense and then ask more questions.

David

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