Robert Sossomon <mailto:robert_sossomon@xxxxxxxx> on Friday, November 12, 2004 12:09 PM said: > I have a form that sends 20 rows of data into a script, instead of > having to write 20 separate add functions, I wrote this piece of > code... you've actually got quite a few mistakes. > if ($_POST[book_title_$i]' != "") notice ----------------------^ there is an extra '. the line should really look like: if (!empty($_POST['book_title_'.$i]) { ... > { > INSERT INTO `curriculum` VALUES > ('','$_POST[book_title_$i]','$_POST[book_level_$i]','$_POST[level_grades _$i]','$_POST[book_section_$i]','$_POST[chapter_$i]','$_POST[chapter_tit le_$i]','$_POST[lesson_title_$i]','$_POST[skill_$i]','$_POST[life_skill_ $i]','$_POST[success_indicator_$i]','$_POST[ncscos_$i]','$_POST[subject_ $i]','$_POST[pages_$i]','$_POST[c_kit_$i]'); and then here you don't even assign that sql statement to anything. PHP doesn't know what to do with it. also you need to wrap your array values in { } when an array is referenced within a string. i.e. // normal $value = $_GET['something']; // with { } $value = "Here is some data: {$_GET['something']}"; hth, chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php