assign an array

[denoteone]

Am I assigning these form variables to the array the most efficient way?

 

HTML:

<form>
<input type="text" name="box1" >
<input type="text" name="box2" >
<input type="text" name="box3" >
<input type="text" name="box4" >
</form>

 

PHP:

$price = array("leg_s"=>$_POST['box1'], "leg_m"=>$_POST['box2], "leg_l"=>$_POST['box3'], "leg_xl"=>$_POST['box4']); 

 

 

[RussellReal]

<form>
<input type="text" name="box[]" >
<input type="text" name="box[]" >
<input type="text" name="box[]" >
<input type="text" name="box[]" >
</form>

 

<?php
  $price = array_combine(array('leg_s','leg_m','leg_1','leg_x1'),$_POST['box']);
?>

[.josh]

..or assign the keys in the form...

<form>
<input type="text" name="box[leg_s]" >
<input type="text" name="box[leg_m]" >
<input type="text" name="box[leg_1]" >
<input type="text" name="box[leg_x1]" >
</form>

 

<?php
print_r($_POST['box']);
?>

 

[RussellReal]

aha! Or that I had no idea I'm coming out of the cave!

[denoteone]

I like Crayon Violent but....

would I use

 

<input type="text" name="price[leg_s]" >
<input type="text" name="price[leg_m]" >
<input type="text" name="price[leg_1]" >
<input type="text" name="price[leg_x1]" >

 

instead of box[leg_s] 

[.josh]

you can use whatever you want.  It will end up as a 2d array regardless, where $_POST is the top level and then the name you use in the form is the 2nd level.  $_POST will always start off on top.  So you can do

 

<input type="text" name="price[leg_s]" >
<input type="text" name="price[leg_m]" >
<input type="text" name="price[leg_1]" >
<input type="text" name="price[leg_x1]" >

 

And it is going to start off as for instance:

 

echo $_POST['price']['leg_s']; // echoes whatever user entered into that field

 

if you want to make it $price['leg_s'] etc... simply do

 

$price = $_POST['price'];

 

[denoteone]

if you want to make it $price['leg_s'] etc... simply do

 

That's exactly what I want to do. Thanks for your help you saved me a ton of tedious work!