incrementing session variable name

[GD]

Hi all - hoping somebody can see this clearer than me...

 

Goal: to create a very simple shopping cart page that receives $_POST  info and stores it as an array in a session variable so items will be displayed in cart on clients return to shopping cart page.

 

Problem: I can get the array to display the first item that I add to the shopping cart but each susequest item just overwrites the first because it is using the same session variable name.  How do I store the next product info in a DIFFERENT session variable and display it on the shopping cart page without writing over the first?

 

I have two pages with products on them which need to submit orders to the shopping cart page.  They use a simple form with these fields:

 

<form method="post" action="cartaction.php">

<p>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Buy" />

<input type="hidden" name="cartaction" value="add" />

<input type="hidden" name="item" value="coppercasserole" />

</p>

</form>

 

 

This is what I have so far on the cartaction page which can display the first product added to the cart:

 

<?php

//If form is submitted, call the function and save all data into the array $_SESSION['form']

if($_POST['submit'] == "Buy"){ setSessionVars(); }

 

function setSessionVars() {

 

  if ( !isset($_SESSION['cart']) ) $_SESSION['cart'] = array();

     

$item = array();

foreach($_POST as $fieldname => $fieldvalue) {

        $item[$fieldname] = $fieldvalue;

     

        } 

$_SESSION['cart'] = $item;

       

          echo "<table> <tr> <td>" .'<img src="images/'.$item['item'].'.jpg"' . "<td/> <td>"

          . $item['item'] . "</td> <td>" . '<input type="text(30)" name="value" value="1" />

                  <input type="submit" name="puchasednum" value="Update This One Item" />' . "</td> </tr> </table>";

}

?>

 

 

 

I am new to PHP and have hit a brick wall as to how to display each product array as a new session variable in the shopping cart.  I would like to keep it as simple as possible as I am getting easily confused!  Is there a way that I can increment the session variable with something like this:

 

<?php //session counter

$counter = count($_SESSION['cart']);

if (($_POST['name'] !="")){

    $counter = $counter + 1;

    $_SESSION['cart'][$counter] = array();

} ?>

 

 

Or can I pass a field as a product ID and use this somehow to create a new session variable for each product or clear the post variables somehow?

 

Any help would be much appreciated?

 

Thanks

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

I suggest you re-read the series of posts I made in your previous thread about this.

 

One of the pieces of information that was mentioned is that your form can only submit one item at a time via the 'Buy' submit buttons. Therefore, the following code only has one product to loop over, is overwriting the $_SESSION['cart'] variable, not adding items to it, and is pointless -

 

foreach($_POST as $fieldname => $fieldvalue) {
        $item[$fieldname] = $fieldvalue;
     
        } 
$_SESSION['cart'] = $item;

 

In fact, someone handed you working add to cart and display cart functions in that thread.

[GD]

Hi there,

 

Sorry, I'm just having difficulty applying it.  The problem is I have to use the database table as is without adding any columns to it and it only contains a column for name, stock and price.  I have to also populate the shopping cart from two separate product pages each with a few products on it which are posted to the cartaction page via a submit button.  Because the code is using intval I will always get an invalid item as my column is a varchar product name rather than an integer.  That's why I'm having trouble getting my head around how to get each product to appear as a new variable array on the shopping cart page without replacing the item that's in there.