inset to same table from repeated form field

[farkewie]

Hello, i have seen this done once i just cant remember how i have been searching for ages im steppingin to new teritory so ive run out of things to try,

 

i want to be able to have 3 form fields "text" , "link" , "location"

 

but i want to have the same field 5 time so a user can add up to 5 links on the one form

 

i have made a lot of different attempts, here is my last.

 

i dont need someone to do it for me im happy to be just given a a link to the info i need,

 

<?php
echo <<<FRM
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="get" action="index.php">
  <table>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text[]" id="text[]" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link[]" id="link[]" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location[]" id="location[]" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text[]" id="text[]" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link[]" id="link[]" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location[]" id="location[]" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text[]" id="text[]" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link[]" id="link[]" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location[]" id="location[]" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <label></label>
  <p> </p>
  <p>
    <label>
    <input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Submit" />
    </label>
  </p>
</form>
FRM;

$text = array($_GET['text']);
$link = array($_GET['link']);
$location = array($_GET['location']);

echo "<pre>";
foreach ($array_link as $text){
//SQL Statment will go here once i get the simple echo working..
echo "newlink {$text} {$link} {$location}";
}
?>

 

as always thank you for your help.

[JacobYaYa]

That is the wrong way to do this.

 

You should not use [] on those inputs, if the user neglects to fill in an input you have no way to know which value with correspond to which input when processing.

 

Change your input name attributes to something like this name="text_1", then you can do a for loop through them like

if(isset($_GET['submit'])){
for($i = 0; $i >= 5; $i++){
   $inputs[$i]['text'] = (isset($_GET['text_'.$i])) ? $_GET['text_'.$i] : '';
   $inputs[$i]['link'] = (isset($_GET['link_'.$i])) ? $_GET['link_'.$i] : '';
   $inputs[$i]['location'] = (isset($_GET['location_'.$i])) ? $_GET['location_'.$i] : '';
}
}
[code]

Then you can loop through like this
[code]
foreach($inputs as $row){
echo 'New link '.$row['text'].' '.$row['link'].' '.$row['location']'<br />';
}

 

You should change from $_GET to $_POST for this many values I think

 

[/code][/code]

[farkewie]

Hi thanks for that.

 

its still not working, i have only put it at GET so i can see what is happening,

 

also is it possible to break it down so i can understand it for futre use?

 

 

here is code and errors.

 

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

echo <<<FRM
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="get" action="index.php">
  <table>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text_1" id="text_1" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link_1" id="link_1" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location_1" id="location_1" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text_2" id="text_2" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link_2" id="link_2" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location_2" id="location_2" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text_3" id="text_3" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link_3" id="link_3" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location_3" id="location_3" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
    <label>
    <input type="submit" name="Submit" id="Submit" value="Submit" />
    </label>
  </p>
</form>
FRM;

if(isset($_GET['Submit'])){
for($i = 0; $i >= 5; $i++){
   $inputs[$i]['text'] = (isset($_GET['text_'.$i])) ? $_GET['text_'.$i] : '';
   $inputs[$i]['link'] = (isset($_GET['link_'.$i])) ? $_GET['link_'.$i] : '';
   $inputs[$i]['location'] = (isset($_GET['location_'.$i])) ? $_GET['location_'.$i] : '';
}




foreach($inputs[$i] as $row){
echo 'New link '.$row['text'].' '.$row['link'].' '.$row['location'].'<br />';
}
}
?>

 

 

Notice:  Undefined variable: inputs in F:\Documents\public_html\testing\index.php on line 59

 

Warning:  Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in F:\Documents\public_html\testing\index.php on line 59

 

 

Thank you

[farkewie]

EDIT:

 

ADDING LATEST CODE..

 

 

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

echo <<<FRM
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="get" action="index.php">
  <table>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text_1" id="text_1" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link_1" id="link_1" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location_1" id="location_1" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text_2" id="text_2" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link_2" id="link_2" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location_2" id="location_2" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="text_3" id="text_3" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="link_3" id="link_3" />
      </label></td>
      <td><label>
        <input type="text" name="location_3" id="location_3" />
      </label></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
    <label>
    <input type="submit" name="Submit" id="Submit" value="Submit" />
    </label>
  </p>
</form>
FRM;

if(isset($_GET['Submit'])){
for($i = 0; $i >= 3; $i++){
   $inputs[$i]['text'] = (isset($_GET['text_'.$i])) ? $_GET['text_'.$i] : '';
   $inputs[$i]['link'] = (isset($_GET['link_'.$i])) ? $_GET['link_'.$i] : '';
   $inputs[$i]['location'] = (isset($_GET['location_'.$i])) ? $_GET['location_'.$i] : '';
}




foreach($inputs as $row){
echo 'New link '.$row['text'].' '.$row['link'].' '.$row['location'].'<br />';
}
}
?>

[farkewie]

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