RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Posting Data to MySQL
agreed - poor design. -Original Message- From: Torsten Roehr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Posting Data to MySQL "Mark A Galbreath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Doesn't matter how many fields are on a form; they are returned as an array > of strings in the request object. Just iterate through the array and update > the corresponding database fields. Mark, what I was trying to say was that having 100 form elements on one page is quite a lot of information to comprehend for the user. And if each form element has a different name you cannot just handle the data as an array. You have to address each value individually. Regards, Torsten -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Posting Data to MySQL
"Mark A Galbreath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Doesn't matter how many fields are on a form; they are returned as an array > of strings in the request object. Just iterate through the array and update > the corresponding database fields. Mark, what I was trying to say was that having 100 form elements on one page is quite a lot of information to comprehend for the user. And if each form element has a different name you cannot just handle the data as an array. You have to address each value individually. Regards, Torsten -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Posting Data to MySQL
Doesn't matter how many fields are on a form; they are returned as an array of strings in the request object. Just iterate through the array and update the corresponding database fields. Mark -Original Message- From: Torsten Roehr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: Posting Data to MySQL "Tom Chubb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am trying to design a form that posts the data to a DB, but being new to > PHP/MySQL, it takes me ages to hand write the code and I'm sure there must > be an easier way to do it? > My form has 100 fields using 20 rows and 5 columns and it's taking me ages > to write the code for it. > Can anyone advise how they code large forms like that and if you know of any > software to make it easier? > I've searched Google for hours and checked loads of Database scripts on > sites like Hotscripts, but can't find anything. Hi Tom, that's a lot of information to display on one page. Can you split it up into several forms? Of course this would not mean fewer work but maybe make it a bit mor concise. Regards, Torsten Roehr -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
