>Hallo everyone
>I am, as one might say, 'near yet so far'....
>
>* I have a page of user subscription info generated on the fly
>* I want an administrator to check a box on each result set
>* The info from each checked result set should be inserted into
>another table (A new row/tuple for
>each user)
>
>I am currently using each form element as an array to hold x
>number of Names, Adresses etc. Where
>'x' is the number of results generated, and consequently the
>number of checkboxes generated.
>
>The processing script loops thru this and inserts only those
>results that have been checked by the
>administrator in inserted in a new row.
>
>Using $HTTP_POST_VARS and dumping that to the page displays
>(obviousely) 'array', 'array', etc.
>As each hidden form element is an array and also an
>$HTTP_POST_VARS element)
>I need some way to extract the value of each array's keys so that
>they can be used in an SQL INSERT.
>
>I'm using MySQL-3.22.32 and php4.0.3pl1
>
>Here is what I have as the processing script, but as you should be
>able to see it is immedietley
>very limiting:
>
>while (list($key,$val) = each($Name)) {
> $insertsql = "INSERT INTO $table_user (Name) VALUES ('$val')";
> $result = mysql_query($insertsql, $connection) or die(mysql_error());
> }
>
>This simply INSERTS the values in the Name array, into a new row
>for each name held in the array.
>Is it possible to somehow extend this loop or use a different kind
>of loop to insert all the array
>values in this manner?
>
>Ideally it would work like this (This is JUST to illustrate the
>point, I KNOW it won't work!!)
>
>while (list($key,$val) = each($Name,$Address,$Age,$Course)) {
> $insertsql = "INSERT INTO $table_user (Name,Address,Age,Course) VALUES
> ('$valName','$valAddress','$valAge','$valCourse')";
> $result = mysql_query($insertsql, $connection) or die(mysql_error());
> }
>
>Can anyone make any suggestions that would help me here?
>Many thanks in advance!
>Russ
I'm not sure how you are naming the variables on your form but I suggest
using something like:
<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="form[0][save]" VALUE="YES">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[0][name]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[0][address]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[0][age]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[0][course]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="form[1][save]" VALUE="YES">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[1][name]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[1][address]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[1][age]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[0][course]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="form[2][save]" VALUE="YES">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[2][name]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[2][address]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[2][age]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="form[0][course]" VALUE="blahblahblah">
Now when you receive this form you'll get all the stuff you want in one
variable, in this case $form.
To insert into the database:
while (list($key,$val) = each($form)) {
if ($key[save] == "YES") {
$insertsql = "INSERT INTO $table_user (Name,Address,Age,Course)
VALUES ('$key[name]', '$key[address]', 'key[age]',
'$key[course]')";
$result = mysql_query($insertsql, $connection) or die(mysql_error());
}
}
NB code is untested, use with caution :)
hth
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