Re: [PHP] Getting arrays out of HTTP_POST_VARS
Wow, that holds the land speed record for a reply. Thanks for your help! Mike Eheler wrote: > $HTTP_POST_VARS['middlecasts']['key']['subkey']['wecould']['go_on']['forver']; -- Ian Evans Digital Hit Entertainment - News and Information http://www.digitalhit.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Getting arrays out of HTTP_POST_VARS
Onething I should note.. this doesn't work within a string.
For example:
let's say:
$HTTP_POST_VARS['key']['subkey'] = 'Hello World!';
$HTTP_POST_VARS['key2'] = 'World #2!';
if we do:
echo "key2: $HTTP_POST_VARS[key2]";
The output will be:
key2: World #2!
However, if we do:
echo "key1/subkey: $HTTP_POST_VARS[key1][subkey]";
The output should be:
key1/subkey: Array[subkey]
So what you want to do is:
echo 'key1/subkey: ' . $HTTP_POST_VARS['key1']['subkey'];
Which will get you the desired output of:
key1/subkey: Hello World!
Mike
Mike Eheler wrote:
> $HTTP_POST_VARS['middlecasts']['key']['subkey']['wecould']['go_on']['forver'];
>
>
> ;)
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Ian Evans wrote:
>
>> My mind is going blank here and I feel like I'm missing something basic.
>>
>> I have an insert form for movie profiles that takes cast members,
>> writers and directors and inserts them into the tables for the
>> correct movieid.
>>
>> In the old version of the script I would repeat the inserting section
>> of the code three times, once for casts, once for directors and once
>> for writers. The script checks if the person's first/middle/last name
>> exists in the
>> people table. If it does it grabs the id number, if it doesn't it
>> doesn't it inserts it and gets the id number.
>> The peopleid and titleid are then inserted into the appropriate
>> table. (casts, writers, directors)
>>
>> I decided to streamline the code with a function so that calling
>> peopleinserter($table,$titleid) would loop
>> through the form variables and insert into the appropriate table. I
>> can easily grab the results of the $HTTP_POST_VARS but I'm going
>> blank trying to get the array out of the array.
>>
>> Here's a snippet:
>> function peopleinserter ($table,$titleid) {
>> //$titleid = the titleid from the titles table
>> //$table = the job table e.g. casts, directors, writers
>> global $HTTP_POST_VARS;
>> $firstvar = "first$table"; //if $table = casts it would grab the
>> firstcasts variables from the form
>> $middlevar = "middle$table";
>> $lastvar = "last$table";
>> while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS[$lastvar])) {
>> //in this example $lastvar=lastcasts, so it's calling each
>> ($HTTP_POST_VARS[lastcasts])
>> // if I echo $key $val for this I would get for example "0 Thornton 1
>> Jolie
>> //end snippet
>>
>> How do I call the key of the firstcasts, middlecasts, lastcasts
>> arrays so I can do stuff like:
>> $lastcasts[$key] = trim($lastcasts[$key]); and
>> $sql = "SELECT peopleid, first, middle, last FROM people WHERE
>> first='$firstcasts[$key]' and middle='$middlecasts[$key]' AND
>> last='$lastcasts[$key]]'";
>>
>> In other words, how do I get those three arrays out of the
>> HTTP_POST_VARS array?
>>
>> Banging head on desk...
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Re: [PHP] Getting arrays out of HTTP_POST_VARS
$HTTP_POST_VARS['middlecasts']['key']['subkey']['wecould']['go_on']['forver'];
;)
Mike
Ian Evans wrote:
>My mind is going blank here and I feel like I'm missing something basic.
>
>I have an insert form for movie profiles that takes cast members, writers and
>directors and inserts them into the
>tables for the correct movieid.
>
>In the old version of the script I would repeat the inserting section of the code
>three times, once for casts,
>once for directors and once for writers. The script checks if the person's
>first/middle/last name exists in the
>people table. If it does it grabs the id number, if it doesn't it doesn't it inserts
>it and gets the id number.
>The peopleid and titleid are then inserted into the appropriate table. (casts,
>writers, directors)
>
>I decided to streamline the code with a function so that calling
>peopleinserter($table,$titleid) would loop
>through the form variables and insert into the appropriate table. I can easily grab
>the results of the
>$HTTP_POST_VARS but I'm going blank trying to get the array out of the array.
>
>Here's a snippet:
>function peopleinserter ($table,$titleid) {
>//$titleid = the titleid from the titles table
>//$table = the job table e.g. casts, directors, writers
>global $HTTP_POST_VARS;
>$firstvar = "first$table"; //if $table = casts it would grab the firstcasts variables
>from the form
>$middlevar = "middle$table";
>$lastvar = "last$table";
>while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS[$lastvar])) {
>//in this example $lastvar=lastcasts, so it's calling each
>($HTTP_POST_VARS[lastcasts])
>// if I echo $key $val for this I would get for example "0 Thornton 1 Jolie
>//end snippet
>
>How do I call the key of the firstcasts, middlecasts, lastcasts arrays so I can do
>stuff like:
>$lastcasts[$key] = trim($lastcasts[$key]); and
>$sql = "SELECT peopleid, first, middle, last FROM people WHERE
>first='$firstcasts[$key]' and middle='$middlecasts[$key]' AND
>last='$lastcasts[$key]]'";
>
>In other words, how do I get those three arrays out of the HTTP_POST_VARS array?
>
>Banging head on desk...
>
>
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