[PHP-DB] Forms submitting to a session array

2008-01-13 Thread Thomas
I'm trying to create a shopping cart where users can visit a product page  
(called from a MySQL database depending on the url ending in  
?product_id=#). On the product page users can select options from dropdown  
lists (such as color, etc.) These dropdown lists are also dynamically  
generated from the database.


I need to store what the user has selected while the user browses the  
site. I want to also display what they've selected on a cart page.


I believe my best option is to store what they've selected in a session  
array. I'm not sure how to do this with the dropdown lists, etc.


Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Re: [PHP-DB] Forms submitting to a session array

2008-01-13 Thread Chris

Thomas wrote:
I'm trying to create a shopping cart where users can visit a product 
page (called from a MySQL database depending on the url ending in 
?product_id=#). On the product page users can select options from 
dropdown lists (such as color, etc.) These dropdown lists are also 
dynamically generated from the database.


I need to store what the user has selected while the user browses the 
site. I want to also display what they've selected on a cart page.


I believe my best option is to store what they've selected in a session 
array. I'm not sure how to do this with the dropdown lists, etc.


In exactly the same way as any other data. If you want to save it 
per-product, you could do something like this.


?php
session_start();

if (empty($_SESSION['products'])) {
$_SESSION['products'] = array();
}

// appropriate checking for form submission here.
// and also making sure proper colors or whatever are posted.
// 

$session_product = array();
$session_product['product_id'] = $_POST['product_id'];
$session_product['color'] = $_POST['color'];

// add the new array of info to the session.
array_push($_SESSION['products'], $session_product);


now if you print_r($_SESSION['products']) you'll see a big array of info 
with each product having a color.



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