Multidimensional arrays via post.

[MrSean]

Hello there I'm new and quite stuck. 

 

So here we go!

 

I have the following HTML form.

<form method="post" action="/Install/Step02/">
  Server: <input type="text" name="MySQL[server]" /><br />
  Database: <input type="text" name="MySQL[Databaser]" /><br />
</form>

 

Now to my understanding I should receive something along the lines of $_POST['MySQL']=>array();.

But instead I get an empty string.

 

Why is this?

           

[MadTechie]

sounds correct

this is the basic idea

<form method="post" action="">
  Server: <input type="text" name="MySQL[server]" /><br />
  Database: <input type="text" name="MySQL[Databaser]" /><br />
  <input type="submit" name="send" value="send" /><br />
</form>
<?php
echo $_POST['MySQL']['Server'];
echo $_POST['MySQL']['Databaser'];

[MrSean]

Wait I managed to figure it out.

 

Because I'm paranoid I have allot of things going through $_POST    = array_map("mysql_real_escape_string", $_POST);.

 

I'll have to look into a work around. that or remove that piece of code.

[MadTechie]

Well that code isn't secure either,

personally I escape per query

 

however if your happy with it you can simply update to this

 

function recursive_escape(&$value) {
    if (is_array($value)){
        array_map('recursive_escape', $value);
    }else{
        $value = mysql_real_escape_string($value);
    }
}

array_map('recursive_escape', $_POST);