Simple Loop into array

[jarvis]

Hi All

 

I hope someone can help. I know it's easy but for some reason, I simply can't get my head around it.

 

I need to collect values from a form:

$gallery_1 = $_POST['item_meta'][124];
$gallery_2 = $_POST['item_meta'][125];

I have up to 10 of the above.

 

I'm then using:

$meta_value=$gallery_1.','.$gallery_2....;
And so on to $gallery_10

However, this isn't efficient I'm sure and what happens if the 2nd or 8th - 10th input is empty

 

Can I put this into a foreach loop to build up an array of values?

 

Thanks

[Muddy_Funster]

well it's already an array of values, what exactly are you sending through as $_POST['item_meta'] and why does it go over 125 for what you say could go up to 10?

[jarvis]

Hi Muddy_Funster

 

the 125 is the input field name (generated by form code beyond my remit), so the 10 fields would be 124,125...133

 

I guess I was just wondering if there was a tidier way of coding it rather than what I've gone with

 

Thanks

[cyberRobot]

You could loop through $_POST['item_meta']. Here's a quick example:

<?php
//IF FORM WAS SUBMITTED
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
    foreach($_POST['item_meta'] as $currIndex => $currValue) {
        print "<div>$currIndex = $currValue</div>";
    }
}
?>
<form method="post">
    <input type="text" name="item_meta[124]" />
    <input type="text" name="item_meta[125]" />
    <input type="text" name="item_meta[128]" />
    <input type="text" name="item_meta[132]" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save" />
</form>

[Barand]

Supposing you have, this (where you said some could be empty)

$_POST['item_meta'][124] = 'aaa';
$_POST['item_meta'][125] = 'bbb';
$_POST['item_meta'][126] = 'ccc';
$_POST['item_meta'][127] = 'ddd';
$_POST['item_meta'][128] = 'eee';
$_POST['item_meta'][129] = '';
$_POST['item_meta'][130] = 'fff';
$_POST['item_meta'][131] = '';
$_POST['item_meta'][132] = '';
$_POST['item_meta'][133] = 'ggg';

then to get the $meta_value, all you need is

$meta_value = join(',', array_filter($_POST['item_meta']));

to check

echo $meta_value;         //-->  aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd,eee,fff,ggg

[jarvis]

Thanks Barand. that's more the sort of thing I was after