Declaring dynamic variables?

[binxalot]

Okay, I've stumped myself good on this one and I'm not too sure on how to do this since it seems that I might be at this for hours if I leave it to myself.

 

I have a form which displays a list of ads which are to run on a web site at specific times of the day. So the form outputs all of the day's ads in one list, each entry is given a dynamic name variable and each ad has a time input box in minutes and second like so:

 

echo"<input name=\"shour$pid\" type=\"text\" id=\"shour$pid\" value=\"$ahour\" size=\"3\" maxlength=\"2\">
                              : <input name=\"smin$pid\" type=\"text\" id=\"smin$pid\" value=\"$amin\" size=\"3\" maxlength=\"2\">
                              <input name=\"ap$pid\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"$ap\">$at "; 			  

 

The $pid is a number which increments by one for each ad entry. it gets added onto each of the fields. so the end product is a form with two text entries for hour and minute and a hidden form id # which references the database entry for each ad type

 

How do I process these dynamic variables in my form?  Since each of the variables can have any number attached to them, I need for each ad type to update a database with that specific ad's new time and date.  I've only ever made forms with hard coded variables so this is a whole new problem for me. 

[kenrbnsn]

Instead of creating the names the way you did, use arrays:

<?php
echo '<input name="shour[' .$pid . ']" type="text" id="shour_' . $pid . '" value="' . $ahour. '" size="3" maxlength="2">
                              : <input name="smin[' . $pid . ']" type="text" id="smin_' . $pid .'" value="' . $amin . '" size="3" maxlength="2">
                              <input name="ap[' . $pid . ']" type="hidden" value="' . $ap . '">' . $at;
?>

 

Then in the processing script you can do something like:

<?php
foreach ($_POST['shour'] as $pid => $val) {
    echo 'SHour: ' . $val . '<br>';
    echo 'SMin: ' . $_POST['smin'][$pid] . '<br>';
    echo 'Ap: ' . $_POST['ap'][$pid] . '<br>';
}
?>

 

Ken