Yes I just found that out :).
Back to the drawing board!.
Stuart
--- Brent Baisley <brent@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I thought you were using checkboxes based on your
> true/false. So the
> user is actually typing in skills?
>
> Not sure where you are going with skill[0],
> skill[1]. You are creating
> an associative array when you do that. In and input
> form, skill[0] and
> skill[a] are actually no different, aside from the
> name you are using
> for that element.
>
>
> On Oct 20, 2004, at 9:41 AM, Stuart Felenstein
> wrote:
>
> > Brent,
> > Thank you , I can't do an associative because it
> part
> > of a user input form. The values will be
> dependent on
> > the users. I'm going to try and give each form
> > element a index number skill[0], skill[1] since
> the
> > foreach loop is doing that anyway.
> >
> > The reason I haven't posted the validation is
> because
> > it's part of a class, so what exists in the page
> is
> > only part of the code.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> > --- Brent Baisley <brent@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I think I might know what you are trying to do.
> You
> >> want to have a
> >> "name" associated with the skill (or skys or
> slus).
> >> You can use an
> >> associative array to "name" your array elements.
> In
> >> your form, you can
> >> change the array to be something like this:
> >> skills[cooking]
> >> skills[flying]
> >> skills[walking]
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Notice there are no quotes around the skill
> names.
> >> Now each array
> >> element has an array key that is a name. The
> >> computer doesn't really
> >> care, but it makes it easier for you to read your
> >> code. And you now
> >> have name/value pairs. You can process the array
> >> like this:
> >>
> >> $skillNames = array_keys($skills);
> >> foreach($skillNames as $skill) {
> >> echo 'Skill: '.$skill.' Value:
> '.$skills[$skill].'
> >> <br />';
> >> }
> >>
> >> Of course, instead of echoing you would do your
> >> validation or
> >> substitution.
> >>
> >> On Oct 20, 2004, at 8:35 AM, Stuart Felenstein
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> After some back and forth posts here I had
> finally
> >>> thought my array issue was over, but!
> >>>
> >>> To review I have 30 form elements on a page
> >>> 10 are skill[]
> >>> 10 are sky[]
> >>> 10 are slu[]
> >>>
> >>> I pass them as session variables
> >>>
> >>> $_SESSION['skills'] = $_POST['skill'];
> >>> $_SESSION['skys'] = $_POST['sky'];
> >>> $_SESSION['slus'] = $_POST['slu'];
> >>>
> >>> Then when everyting is passed into a database
> >>> transaction:
> >>>
> >>> $skills = $_SESSION['skills'];
> >>> $skys = $_SESSION['skys'];
> >>> $slus = $_SESSION['slus'];
> >>>
> >>> foreach($_SESSION['skills'] as $key => $skill)
> >>> {
> >>> $query = "INSERT INTO Profiles_skills
> (ProfileID,
> >>> SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused)
> >>> VALUES ($LID, '$skill',
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
{$_SESSION['skys'][$key]},{$_SESSION['slus'][$key]})";
> >>> //$result = mysql_query($query);
> >>>
> >>> Here is the problem:
> >>>
> >>> Using
> >>>
> (((isset($_POST["skill[]"]))?$_POST["skill[]"]:"")
> >> .
> >>> "",true,true,true,true,"",false,1);
> >>>
> >>> I can't seem to differentiate between the the
> >> elements
> >>> because they are all labeled skill[]
> >>> So basically validation isn't doing anything .
> >>>
> >>> I'm thinking of finding a better way to validate
> ,
> >> or
> >>> if i change the elements to skill[1], skill[2] ,
> >> what
> >>> would that do to my iteration loop ?
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>> Stuart
> >>>
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