...variable within an array?

[AncientSage]

Hello,

I'm attempting to contain a variable number within an array, for example...

$array[$x]

$x is a number, the number is sent through a form. However, since I do not know that number, I am unsure of how to put it into the array slot.

$array[$_POST[$x]]

Won't work, perhaps if I pass it via a GET method or something it will work? Or is there another way?

Perhaps it's because $x is no longer in the script once it is executed, $x is in the name element of a form.

My code...

[code]
  $textfile = "filelist.txt";
  if (file_exists($textfile) && is_file($textfile)) {
  $fp = fopen($textfile, "r");
  $file = file_get_contents($textfile, False, NULL);
  $rows = explode("\n", $file);
    if(isset($_POST['checksubmit'])) {
        unset($rows[$x]);
      }
  $x = 0;
  echo "<form action=\"" . append_sid("admin.php") . "\" method=\"POST\">";
      foreach($rows as $row) {
        if($row == ""){
          continue;
        }
      echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"" . $x . "\">" . $row . "<br /> ";
      $x++;
      }
  echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"checksubmit\">";
  echo "<br /><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Delete Selected\">";
  echo "</form>";
  }
[/code]

[akitchin]

are you saying you don't know the form element's name?

if you do:

[code]$array["{$_POST['element_name']}"];[/code]

should work just fine.

[AncientSage]

Yes, as seen in my code...
      echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"" . $x . "\">"

$x is auto-incremented, and there are multiple input fields. I need to somehow find the name attribute out, and then allow it to be accessed by the $_POST global variable.

[kenrbnsn]

Your code isn't going to work anyway, since the names you are generating are all number and you can't have a variable in PHP which is a number (at least I don't think so). A much better way would be to make the $x an index into an array, such as:
[code]<?php
echo '<input type="checkbox" name="row[' . $x . ']">' . $row . "<br /> ";
?>[/code]
Then in your processing script:
[code]<?php
    if(isset($_POST['checksubmit'])) {
        if(isset($_POST['row']))
          foreach($_POST['row'] as $i)
              unset($rows[$i]);
    }
?>[/code]

Note: untested

Ken

[akitchin]

just a change to his code to make it work the way he has the PHP written:

[code]<input type="checkbox" name="row[]" value="'. $x .'">[/code]

[AncientSage]

Thanks for the help everyone, it's working now.

[Eugene]

[$x] show go on the outside.