Simple echo question

[smith.james0]

I would like to echo this

<input type=\"text\" name=\"$i[]\" />

but the page won't work unless i take out the []  Do you need somthing either side of the [] ?

Many thanks James

[complex05]

echo("<input type=\"text\" name=\"" . $i[] . "\">");

[SharkBait]

Or

[code]
<?php

echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"{$i[]}\">";

?>
[/code]

[smith.james0]

Thanks for the quick responce. I have tried both ways, but neather of them work, i have copied both from this page.

Thanks James

[complex05]

post your whole code, maybe ur probably is $i isn't an array.

[smith.james0]

Is code works fine like is

Units: <input type="text" name="<? echo $i; ?>[]" />

the array works fine

when the above examples are tested I just get a blank page. The only way to get it to output is to remove the []

<?php

echo "Sales <input type=\"text\" name=\"{$i}\">";

?>

But the array doesn't work

Thanks James

[complex05]

what do you want to be displayed? $i[] is an array and shouldn't output anything; you need to specify a key... like $i[1] etc...

[smith.james0]

I have this looped 14 times

<?php echo "$i      $disp_date"; ?> <input type="hidden"  value="<?php echo $time; ?>" name="<? echo $i; ?>[]"  />
Sales: <input type="text" name="<? echo $i; ?>" />
Units: <input type="text" name="<? echo $i; ?>[]" />
Extra :  <input type="text" name="<? echo $i; ?>[]" /><br>

So i get this informtion in the $_POST array

Array
(
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1165708800 (Hidden field)
            [1] => test1 (Sales)
            [2] => test2 (Units)
            [3] => test3 (Extra)
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1165795200
            [1] =>
            [2] =>
            [3] =>
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1165881600
            [1] =>
            [2] =>
            [3] =>
        )
etc..

The four bits of information in each array are put into a db


Thanks James