problems with arrays

[garry27]

hi, i've been on this for hours now and wondering if anyone can help me.

i'm trying to loop through the array below in order to remove any elements which don't  return a 'true' value when i $post them. i do this using unset.

if i echo out an element whilst in the loop, it echos out the right data. howver when i call the array after the end of the loop- the element which i unset magically reapeears. hoorah!  ::)



[code]$chkbox_arr = array ( 'dj', 'liveMusic', 'nsArea','food','skySport', 'cocktails'
            ,'pool', 'garden', 'lateLice', 'kidsZone' );
   
  for ( $i = 0; $i <10; $i++ )
  {
    $element = $chkbox_arr[$i];
    $chkbox_value = $_POST[$element];
    if ($chkbox_value != 'true')
      unset($element);
  }
 
  for ( $i = 0; $i <11; $i++ )
    echo "$chkbox_arr[$i]  ";[/code]

[btherl]

What you're unsetting there is just a local variable.. instead use

[code]unset($chkbox_arr[$i]);[/code]

That will remove element $i from the array.  Keep in mind that the array will not be renumbered when you do this.. so for your loop afterwards you can do

[code]foreach ($chkbox_arr as $element) {
  echo "$element  ";
}[/code]

That removes the dependence on having the array indexed consecutively by numbers.

Also try var_dump($chkbox_arr) to see what your array looks like at the end.

[garry27]

thanks mate

[Barand]

Only checked checkboxes are POSTed, so if design the form like this below, naming all the checkboxes "chkbox[]", then the array you are try to end up with will be the array of c/box values.

[code]
<?php
// checkboxes sent as an array
// only check ones are sent
if (isset ($_POST['chkbox']) )  {
    echo 'You selected<ol>' ;
    foreach ($_POST['chkbox'] as $value) {
        echo '<li>' . $value . '</li>';
    }
    echo '</ol>' ;
}
?>
<form method='post'>
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="dj"> dj<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="liveMusic"> liveMusic<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="nsArea"> nsArea<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="food"> food<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="skySport"> skySport<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="cocktails"> cocktails<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="pool"> pool<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="garden"> garden<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="lateLice"> lateLice<br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="chkbox[]" value="kidsZone"> kidsZone<br />

    <input type="submit" name="action" value="Submit">
</form>
[/code]