loop form name with associative array

[phprookie72]

here's what i am trying to accomplish, I would get array of name from my db and run a loop to create my form for ie.

    while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result))

        {

          echo '<input type=text name=' . playername[$row['name']] . ' value=' . $row['playernumber']></input>';

        }

 

is this possible?

when i use playername[] it works but i get 0,1,2 for index but i would like to use keys as my index.

[sasa]

yes just move playername[ and ] inside qvotes

  echo '<input type=text name=playername[' . $row['name'] . '] value=' . $row['playernumber']></input>';

[phprookie72]

how come I get NULL  from this statement after the user click the submit button

 

var_dump($_POST['playername']);

 

[sasa]

are you submit your form?

is your form use POST method?

[phprookie72]

yes form use POST method.

[sasa]

try to add qvotes around your data

  echo '<input type="text" name="playername[' . $row['name'] . ']" value="'.$row['playernumber'] . '"></input>';

[phprookie72]

still not getting anything

[PFMaBiSmAd]

When you do a 'view source' of the page in your browser, what do you get?

[phprookie72]

ok its assign values corectly to name=playername['john doe'] , name=playername['steve smith'] and so on in the form input properties.

 

how do i get this array after  the user click the submit buttom

i tried var_dump($_POST['playername']);

but get NULL as result.

 

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Either your form is invalid HTML or your php code is overwriting the values.

 

You would need to post both your complete form code and the php form processing code to get the quickest solution.

[phprookie72]

this is my form

if(mysql_num_rows($result)>0)

    {

      $output= "<form action='' method= 'post'><table>";

      while($row= mysql_fetch_array($result))

        {

          $output .= "<tr><td>$row[name]</td>";

          $output .= "<td><input type=text name=playername" . "[$row[name]]" . " value= $row[number]></td></tr>";

 

        }

    $output .= '<tr><td colspan=2><input type=submit name=editplayers value=Submit </td></tr>';

    $output .= '</table>';

    $output .= '</form>';

    }

  else

    $output .= 'no record found';

  echo $output;

 

}

 

if(isset($_POST['editplayers']))

  {$arrayname= $_POST['playername'];

    var_dump($arrayname);

  }

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The name=" ... " attribute you are using in your form is not the same one you are testing in your php code.

 

Also, I think you missed sasa's last post where he put quotes around the type=, name=, and value= attribute parameters to make the HTML valid.

[phprookie72]

ok I finally got it , dam quotes

thank you everyone for your help