[PHP] Complex (or not so) array data form submission?
Hey all, I get the basics of submitting a form and organizing the $_POST data within arrays (name[], name[key], etc). But if I wanted to submit something like multiple addresses and have it end up organized in array form like this from submission is this possible? $addresses = array( 0 = array( 'id' = '1', 'address1' = '...', 'address2' = '...', 'city' = '...', 'state'= '...', 'zip' = '...' ), 1 = array( 'id' = '2', 'address1' = '...', 'address2' = '...', 'city' = '...', 'state'= '...', 'zip' = '...' ) ); For some reason I can't seem to come up with the right naming schema in forms in order to get this structure. Jamie
Re: [PHP] Complex (or not so) array data form submission?
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Jamie Krasnoo jkras...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I get the basics of submitting a form and organizing the $_POST data within arrays (name[], name[key], etc). But if I wanted to submit something like multiple addresses and have it end up organized in array form like this from submission is this possible? $addresses = array( 0 = array( 'id' = '1', 'address1' = '...', 'address2' = '...', 'city' = '...', 'state' = '...', 'zip' = '...' ), 1 = array( 'id' = '2', 'address1' = '...', 'address2' = '...', 'city' = '...', 'state' = '...', 'zip' = '...' ) ); For some reason I can't seem to come up with the right naming schema in forms in order to get this structure. Jamie It should be pretty straight foward. Your fields would have name such as these: name=addresses[0][id] name=addresses[0][address1] name=addresses[0][address2] name=addresses[0][city] name=addresses[0][state] name=addresses[0][zip] And so on. Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Complex (or not so) array data form submission?
Thanks. I think what I got hung up on was that I was trying this: name=addresses[][id] name=addresses[][address1] name=addresses[][address2] name=addresses[][city] name=addresses[][state] name=addresses[][zip] Which wouldn't have given the end result I sought, I don't think. Clear case of not seeing the forest for the trees. Jamie On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Andrew Ballard aball...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Jamie Krasnoo jkras...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I get the basics of submitting a form and organizing the $_POST data within arrays (name[], name[key], etc). But if I wanted to submit something like multiple addresses and have it end up organized in array form like this from submission is this possible? $addresses = array( 0 = array( 'id' = '1', 'address1' = '...', 'address2' = '...', 'city' = '...', 'state'= '...', 'zip' = '...' ), 1 = array( 'id' = '2', 'address1' = '...', 'address2' = '...', 'city' = '...', 'state'= '...', 'zip' = '...' ) ); For some reason I can't seem to come up with the right naming schema in forms in order to get this structure. Jamie It should be pretty straight foward. Your fields would have name such as these: name=addresses[0][id] name=addresses[0][address1] name=addresses[0][address2] name=addresses[0][city] name=addresses[0][state] name=addresses[0][zip] And so on. Andrew
Re: [PHP] Complex (or not so) array data form submission?
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Jamie Krasnoo jkras...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I think what I got hung up on was that I was trying this: name=addresses[][id] name=addresses[][address1] name=addresses[][address2] name=addresses[][city] name=addresses[][state] name=addresses[][zip] Which wouldn't have given the end result I sought, I don't think. Clear case of not seeing the forest for the trees. Jamie It probably would have worked just fine. Not specifying the numeric index means that PHP will depend on the order that the browser sends the values, but they are generally sent in the order they appear on the form. If the numeric index is important, it's better to provide it explicitly. Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Complex (or not so) array data form submission?
On 08/04/2011 01:56 PM, Andrew Ballard wrote: On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Jamie Krasnoo jkras...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I think what I got hung up on was that I was trying this: name=addresses[][id] name=addresses[][address1] name=addresses[][address2] name=addresses[][city] name=addresses[][state] name=addresses[][zip] Which wouldn't have given the end result I sought, I don't think. Clear case of not seeing the forest for the trees. Jamie It probably would have worked just fine. Not specifying the numeric index means that PHP will depend on the order that the browser sends the values, but they are generally sent in the order they appear on the form. If the numeric index is important, it's better to provide it explicitly. Andrew What Jamie posted is equivalent to this: name=addresses[0][id] name=addresses[1][address1] name=addresses[2][address2] name=addresses[3][city] name=addresses[4][state] name=addresses[5][zip] -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
