"Maciek Sokolewicz" <maciek.sokolew...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4fcf23af.7040...@php.net... > On 06-06-2012 05:11, Jim Giner wrote: >> "Govinda"<govinda.webdnat...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:72497398-3a6c-4faa-89f2-565c18fd2...@gmail.com... >> >> On 2012-06-05, at 10:54 PM, Devangnp wrote: >> >>> I know how to pass variable but having difficulties when I use the >>> dynamic >>> form field in HTML that add more boxes as per user require. >>> >> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I am a basic user of PHP and I have need of reading the dynamic HTML >>>>> form >>>>> field as a variable in PHP so it will be great if someone can share >>>>> some >>>>> good link or snip for quick understanding. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Devang >>>> >>>> >>>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+pass+and+receive+a+PHP+variable >>>> >>>> When just starting out, "Google is your friend". >>>> >>>> Or did I misunderstand your question? >>>> >>>> -Govinda >> >> >> Devang, >> >> Please keep replies on-list. >> Please post your replies at the bottom, past the older (snipped) content. >> >> Many here will be glad to help.. but you'll need to make your question >> more >> clear.. at least for me to be able to help anyway. >> First of all, what do you mean exactly, by, "the dynamic form field in >> HTML"? And by "boxes" do you mean form inputs of 'text' type? If so, >> then >> do you mean to suggest that input by the end user should determine the >> number of text inputs that should display in a second HTML form? >> Please spend more time describing what you are trying to do.. and also >> please show any code you attempt(ed) to accomplish this. If you are >> unable >> to write any code, then try pseudo code - meaning write in successive >> lines >> of prose what you want code to do, and post that here. >> >> -Govinda= >> >> I thought he meant previously generated "array" type fields, that use the >> same name. I've never done it myself, but I thought the method of >> handling >> this kind of input included placing a hidden field with the count on the >> form to be retriieved later and used in processing the dynamic fields in >> a >> loop. >> >> > > A possible answer to a possible question that he might have (yes, the > question is very vaguely described, as Govinda already explained) would be > the following: > > Assuming you have an HTML form, which may contain a variable number of > fields, you want to somehow access their passed-through values in PHP > without prior knowledge of the exact number of those fields. > > There are essentially 2 ways: > 1. All POSTed data is present in the $_POST superglobal array. So you > could just loop over that, ignore the fields you already knew were there, > and the data remaining is then essentially the data you seek. The keys in > the $_POST array are the fieldnames you are looking for. > > 2. There's a special trick in PHP, when you name a field "name[]" in HTML > and then POST it to a PHP script, it will turn into an array field. So > <input name="a[]" value="1"> <input name="a[]" value="2"> will then end up > in: > $_POST = [ > 'a' => [ > 0 => '1', > 1 => '2' > ] > ] > > If you had not added the square-brackets, you would have: > <input name="a" value="1"> <input name="a" value="2"> ending up in: > $_POST = [ > 'a' => '2' > ] > Thus not ever seeing the value '1'. > > I hope this answers part of your question; and if not, PLEASE explain in > more detail what your problem is, what you tried, why it didn't work, and > what you want to know exactly. Your current question is very very short > and vague enough to easily cause misunderstanding. > > - Tul
Thank you Tul for your eloquent post. Now I understand how to handle those kinds of "array" inputs myself! And - I do think from his vague description that the OP is looking for this kind of help. If not, then it was REALLY vague! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
