Array Help

[corbin]

Ive been trying to figure this out for a while... Anyways I'm looking for a function that does:
[code]
if($_POST['sub'] == "yes") {
$p_array = array($_POST['p0'], $_POST['p1'], $_POST['p2'], $_POST['p3'], $_POST['p4'], $_POST['p5'], $_POST['p6'], $_POST['p7']);
}
$c = count($p_array);
$i = 0;
if($_POST['sub'] == "yes") {
while ($i < $c) {
if(($p_array[$i] == $p_array[1]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[2]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[2]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[3]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[4]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[5]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[6]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[7])) {
$error = "yes";
$i++;
}
}
}
[/code]
more efficiently...

[CTM]

[code=php:0]if ( $_POST['sub'] == "yes" )
{
  $field_num = 8 ;
  $field_prefix = 'p' ;

  $p_array = array ( ) ;
  for ( $i = 0 ; $i < $field_num ; $i ++ )
  {
      $p_array[] = $_POST[ $field_prefix . $i ] ;
  }
}

if ( $_POST['sub'] == "yes" )
{
  $values = array_values ( $p_array ) ;
  foreach ( $p_array as $value )
  {
      if ( in_array ( $value, $values ) )
      {
        $error = "yes" ;
      }
  }
}[/code]

[corbin]

Oh... Thanks :D

[corbin]

That doesnt work... Since its looking for a value that was just pulled from the array of course it returns true...

[extrovertive]

Some weird array.

What are you trying to do here?

if(($p_array[$i] == $p_array[1]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[2]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[2]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[3]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[4]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[5]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[6]) || ($p_array[$i] == $p_array[7])

[corbin]

I have 7 drop down boxes in a form, all with the same  possible values, and I'm trying to make sure none of them are the same value when theyre submitted...

[kenrbnsn]

Can you post the source for your form?

Ken

[corbin]

[code]
<form Action="" method=POST>
<? if($error == "yes") { echo "<font color=\"red\">Fields cannot be the same.</font>"; } ?>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="22%">
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" class="td_right">Name</td>
    <td width="50%" class="td_left"><input type="text" name="name"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" class="td_right">First Period</td>
    <td width="50%" class="td_left"><? $i = 1; drop_down($i, $p_array[$i]); $i++; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" class="td_right">Second Period</td>
    <td width="50%" class="td_left"><? drop_down($i, $p_array[$i]); $i++; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" class="td_right">Third Period</td>
    <td width="50%" class="td_left"><? drop_down($i, $p_array[$i]); $i++; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" class="td_right">Fourth Period</td>
    <td width="50%" class="td_left"><? drop_down($i, $p_array[$i]); $i++; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" class="td_right">Fifth Period</td>
    <td width="50%" class="td_left"><? drop_down($i, $p_array[$i]); $i++; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" class="td_right">Sixth Period</td>
    <td width="50%" class="td_left"><? drop_down($i, $p_array[$i]); $i++; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" class="td_right">Seventh Period</td>
    <td width="50%" class="td_left"><? drop_down($i, $p_array[$i]); ?></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="sub" value="yes">
<INPUT type=submit value="Submit">
</form>
[/code]
and drop_down is
[code]
function drop_down($period, $sel) {
echo "<select name=\"p" . $period . "\" value=\"3\">";
echo "<option></option>";
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * from `class_teachers`") or die (mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))  { echo "<option value=\"" . $row['id'] . "\"";
if($row['id'] == $sel) { echo "SELECTED"; }
echo ">" . $row['class'] . " - " . $row['teacher'] . "</option>"; }
echo "</select>";
}
[/code]

[ryanlwh]

if you name your selection boxes like this:
[code]echo "<select name=\"p[" . $period . "]\" value=\"3\">";[/code]

Then you can reduce the first line of the processing to:
[code]$p_array = $_POST['p'];[/code]

[corbin]

Oh... wow that makes sense... hehe Ill do that now...

[ryanlwh]

oh, why do you have value in the <select> tag?