Any ideas on handling a big big form?

[mendoz]

Hey guys.

 

I have a form with 100+ fields (a client, don't ask)

I guess I can be doing $_POSTs all day long and then a long long query.

 

Maybe you heard about an easier method...

 

 

Thanks,

Dror

[tarun]

Have It As An Array Then Use foreach

[mendoz]

Thanks man but use what as an array  ???

[mendoz]

<?php 

foreach($_POST as $varName => $value)
{
$dv=$value;
print "<b>$varName</b>: $dv<br>";
};

?>

 

seemed to work

[kenrbnsn]

Why are you creating another variable in your loop, this will work just as well:

<?php
foreach($_POST as $varName => $value)
     echo "<b>$varName</b>: $value<br>";
?>

 

BTW, you shouldn't have the semi-colon after the closing "}".

 

Ken

[TheBG]

Here you go. This will handle any size form, check for required entries AND stop the bad guys...

 

            //************************************************************************

//

// Form Handler

//

// $to = email address to send to

// $subject = subject statement for email

// $expected = ARRAY - list of expected fields

// This is a BIG security check mesure which will not allow insertion of

// additional fields because only the fields you are looking for will be processed!

// $required = ARRAY - a list of required fields

// $missing = ARRAY - empty

//

//************************************************************************

if (array_key_exists('submit', $_POST)) {

$to = someone@email.com';

$subject = 'Feedback from Web site';

// Expected fields

$expected = array('name', 'email', 'phone', 'comment');

// Required fields

$required = array('name', 'email');

//Missing fields

$missing = array();

 

 

// process the $_POST variables

foreach( $_POST as $key => $value) {

$temp = is_array($value) $value : trim($value);

//if empty AND required add to $missing array

if( empty($temp) && in_array($key, $required)) {

array_push($missing, $key);

}

//otherwise assign to a variable with same name as $key

// BIG security check! DO NOT EDIT!

elseif( in_array($key, $expected)) {

${$key}=$temp;

}

}