RE: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
Hello Dan,
First off I am sorry for not getting back to you sooner, I had a weekend and
was not checking my work email
The reason that I want both the name of the variable and the value of the
variable is because what I need to do is create a text file that another
program I am integrating with is already designed to work with. If I am not
putting the field names in the file along with the data this other program
ignores the file I am creating. What I need as an output is something that
looks similar to:
FirstName : Eric
LastName: Lommatsch
The point of the script that I am writing is that I want it to be capable of
handling several different PDF forms.
Thank you
Eric H. Lommatsch
Programmer
360 Business
2087 South Grant Street
Denver, CO 80210
Tel 303-777-8939
Fax 303-778-0378
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
From: Dan Parry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 6:26 PM
To: 'Daniel Brown'; 'Stut'
Cc: Eric Lommatsch; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 21 September 2007 23:27
To: Stut
Cc: Eric Lommatsch; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
On 9/21/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please include the list when replying.
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Stut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:09 PM
To: Eric Lommatsch
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
I am writing a PHP script that is going to accept variables that
are
passed from a PDF form and should write both the name of the
variable
and its value to a text file.
I can get the value that I want to retrieve with out problem.
However,
even though I have searched through the PHP.net site and googled
this
as well I have not yet been able to find the syntax that I need
to
get
the names of the variables in the $_Post array.
Can someone point me to the place in the PHP manual where I can
find
the syntax to get the name of a variable in the $_POST array?
http://php.net/array_keys
As in...
$varnames = array_keys($_POST);
-Stut
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Hello Stut,
That is not exactly what I am looking for. If I try using that in
My PHP
script what I get as a result of that is repeatedly the Phrase
Post Array
when I check the values there. The PDF form that is posting to the
PHP script
is passing variable names like Employer_name or Employee_Name.
I am
hoping to get those variable names.
Put this line at the top of the script that the form posts to...
print 'pre'.print_r($_POST, true).'/pre'; exit;
That will display the contents of the $_POST array and you should be
able to figure out where everything is.
By the sounds of it the posted values are actually in $_POST['Post
Array'] but use the above line to be sure.
-Stut
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Maybe this will get you started and give you some ideas.
?
foreach($_POST as $p = $v) {
$$p = $v;
echo $p. = .$v.\n;
}
?
I might be missing something but I fail to see the point of the variable
variable assignation (which is best to be avoided :) )
Dan
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RE: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
-Original Message- From: Stut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:12 PM To: Eric Lommatsch Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array Please include the list when replying. Eric Lommatsch wrote: -Original Message- From: Stut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:09 PM To: Eric Lommatsch Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array Eric Lommatsch wrote: I am writing a PHP script that is going to accept variables that are passed from a PDF form and should write both the name of the variable and its value to a text file. I can get the value that I want to retrieve with out problem. However, even though I have searched through the PHP.net site and googled this as well I have not yet been able to find the syntax that I need to get the names of the variables in the $_Post array. Can someone point me to the place in the PHP manual where I can find the syntax to get the name of a variable in the $_POST array? http://php.net/array_keys As in... $varnames = array_keys($_POST); -Stut -- http://stut.net/ Hello Stut, That is not exactly what I am looking for. If I try using that in My PHP script what I get as a result of that is repeatedly the Phrase Post Array when I check the values there. The PDF form that is posting to the PHP script is passing variable names like Employer_name or Employee_Name. I am hoping to get those variable names. Put this line at the top of the script that the form posts to... print 'pre'.print_r($_POST, true).'/pre'; exit; That will display the contents of the $_POST array and you should be able to figure out where everything is. By the sounds of it the posted values are actually in $_POST['Post Array'] but use the above line to be sure. -Stut -- http://stut.net/ Sorry, I thought that I had hit reply to all. Apparently I didn't. Thanks that appears to actually be what I was looking for. Thank you Eric H. Lommatsch Programmer 360 Business 2087 South Grant Street Denver, CO 80210 Tel 303-777-8939 Fax 303-778-0378 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 21 September 2007 23:27
To: Stut
Cc: Eric Lommatsch; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
On 9/21/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please include the list when replying.
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Stut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:09 PM
To: Eric Lommatsch
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
I am writing a PHP script that is going to accept variables that
are
passed from a PDF form and should write both the name of the
variable
and its value to a text file.
I can get the value that I want to retrieve with out problem.
However,
even though I have searched through the PHP.net site and googled
this
as well I have not yet been able to find the syntax that I need to
get
the names of the variables in the $_Post array.
Can someone point me to the place in the PHP manual where I can
find
the syntax to get the name of a variable in the $_POST array?
http://php.net/array_keys
As in...
$varnames = array_keys($_POST);
-Stut
--
http://stut.net/
Hello Stut,
That is not exactly what I am looking for. If I try using that in
My PHP
script what I get as a result of that is repeatedly the Phrase
Post Array
when I check the values there. The PDF form that is posting to the
PHP script
is passing variable names like Employer_name or Employee_Name.
I am
hoping to get those variable names.
Put this line at the top of the script that the form posts to...
print 'pre'.print_r($_POST, true).'/pre'; exit;
That will display the contents of the $_POST array and you should be
able to figure out where everything is.
By the sounds of it the posted values are actually in $_POST['Post
Array'] but use the above line to be sure.
-Stut
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Maybe this will get you started and give you some ideas.
?
foreach($_POST as $p = $v) {
$$p = $v;
echo $p. = .$v.\n;
}
?
I might be missing something but I fail to see the point of the variable
variable assignation (which is best to be avoided :) )
Dan
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Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
Eric Lommatsch wrote: I am writing a PHP script that is going to accept variables that are passed from a PDF form and should write both the name of the variable and its value to a text file. I can get the value that I want to retrieve with out problem. However, even though I have searched through the PHP.net site and googled this as well I have not yet been able to find the syntax that I need to get the names of the variables in the $_Post array. Can someone point me to the place in the PHP manual where I can find the syntax to get the name of a variable in the $_POST array? http://php.net/array_keys As in... $varnames = array_keys($_POST); -Stut -- http://stut.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
Please include the list when replying. Eric Lommatsch wrote: -Original Message- From: Stut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:09 PM To: Eric Lommatsch Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array Eric Lommatsch wrote: I am writing a PHP script that is going to accept variables that are passed from a PDF form and should write both the name of the variable and its value to a text file. I can get the value that I want to retrieve with out problem. However, even though I have searched through the PHP.net site and googled this as well I have not yet been able to find the syntax that I need to get the names of the variables in the $_Post array. Can someone point me to the place in the PHP manual where I can find the syntax to get the name of a variable in the $_POST array? http://php.net/array_keys As in... $varnames = array_keys($_POST); -Stut -- http://stut.net/ Hello Stut, That is not exactly what I am looking for. If I try using that in My PHP script what I get as a result of that is repeatedly the Phrase Post Array when I check the values there. The PDF form that is posting to the PHP script is passing variable names like Employer_name or Employee_Name. I am hoping to get those variable names. Put this line at the top of the script that the form posts to... print 'pre'.print_r($_POST, true).'/pre'; exit; That will display the contents of the $_POST array and you should be able to figure out where everything is. By the sounds of it the posted values are actually in $_POST['Post Array'] but use the above line to be sure. -Stut -- http://stut.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
On 9/21/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please include the list when replying.
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Stut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:09 PM
To: Eric Lommatsch
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Access name of variable in $_POST array
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
I am writing a PHP script that is going to accept variables that are
passed from a PDF form and should write both the name of the variable
and its value to a text file.
I can get the value that I want to retrieve with out problem. However,
even though I have searched through the PHP.net site and googled this
as well I have not yet been able to find the syntax that I need to get
the names of the variables in the $_Post array.
Can someone point me to the place in the PHP manual where I can find
the syntax to get the name of a variable in the $_POST array?
http://php.net/array_keys
As in...
$varnames = array_keys($_POST);
-Stut
--
http://stut.net/
Hello Stut,
That is not exactly what I am looking for. If I try using that in My PHP
script what I get as a result of that is repeatedly the Phrase Post Array
when I check the values there. The PDF form that is posting to the PHP
script
is passing variable names like Employer_name or Employee_Name. I am
hoping to get those variable names.
Put this line at the top of the script that the form posts to...
print 'pre'.print_r($_POST, true).'/pre'; exit;
That will display the contents of the $_POST array and you should be
able to figure out where everything is.
By the sounds of it the posted values are actually in $_POST['Post
Array'] but use the above line to be sure.
-Stut
--
http://stut.net/
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Maybe this will get you started and give you some ideas.
?
foreach($_POST as $p = $v) {
$$p = $v;
echo $p. = .$v.\n;
}
?
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