Re: [PHP-DB] Processing a web form / loop etc.

2006-05-30 Thread Stut 

Ron Piggott (PHP) wrote:

I have a web form that accepts up to 3 suggested categories.  In the
form they are part of I have named these variables 


$suggested_category_1
$suggested_category_2
$suggested_category_3

I have come up with this simple code to store the suggestion in a table:

if ( $suggested_category_1   ) {
#the user could leave the suggestion blank because what is already
provided is sufficient

mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( Unable to select database);
$query = INSERT INTO table_name VALUES ( '$variable' ,
'$reference_number', '$suggested_category_1');
mysql_query($query);
mysql_close();

}

Is there any way to create a loop to check all three instead of me
repeating this code twice more changing $suggested_category_1 to _2 and
_3 ?
  


for ($num = 1; $num = 3; $num++)
{
   $varname = 'suggested_category_'.$num;
   $val = $$varname;
   // Stick your code here replacing references to the 
$suggested_category_1 var with $val

}

Incidentally, I do hope that code was simplified for brevity. There 
should be extensive use of mysql_real_escape_string in there.


-Stut

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Re: [PHP-DB] Processing a web form / loop etc.

2006-05-30 Thread Ron Piggott (PHP) 
Hi Stutt

Thanks.  

I hadn't included much of the code for easy reading.

I just had to use the $_POST[$val] to get the actual values.  

Thanks for your help. 

Ron



for ($num = 1; $num = 3; $num++)
{
$varname = 'suggested_category_'.$num;
$val = $$varname;
// Stick your code here replacing references to the 
$suggested_category_1 var with $val
}

Incidentally, I do hope that code was simplified for brevity. There 
should be extensive use of mysql_real_escape_string in there.

-Stut

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