On 9/21/07, Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Please include the list when replying. > > Eric Lommatsch wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:09 PM > > To: Eric Lommatsch > > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Access name of variable in $_POST array > > > > Eric Lommatsch wrote: > >> I am writing a PHP script that is going to accept variables that are > >> passed from a PDF form and should write both the name of the variable > >> and its value to a text file. > >> > >> > >> I can get the value that I want to retrieve with out problem. However, > >> even though I have searched through the PHP.net site and googled this > >> as well I have not yet been able to find the syntax that I need to get > >> the names of the variables in the $_Post array. > >> > >> Can someone point me to the place in the PHP manual where I can find > >> the syntax to get the name of a variable in the $_POST array? > > > > http://php.net/array_keys > > > > As in... > > > > $varnames = array_keys($_POST); > > > > -Stut > > > > -- > > http://stut.net/ > > > > Hello Stut, > > > > That is not exactly what I am looking for. If I try using that in My PHP > > script what I get as a result of that is repeatedly the Phrase "Post Array" > > when I check the values there. The PDF form that is posting to the PHP script > > is passing variable names like "Employer_name" or "Employee_Name". I am > > hoping to get those variable names. > > Put this line at the top of the script that the form posts to... > > print '<pre>'.print_r($_POST, true).'</pre>'; exit; > > That will display the contents of the $_POST array and you should be > able to figure out where everything is. > > By the sounds of it the posted values are actually in $_POST['Post > Array'] but use the above line to be sure. > > -Stut > > -- > http://stut.net/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Maybe this will get you started and give you some ideas. <? foreach($_POST as $p => $v) { $$p = $v; echo $p." = ".$v."\n"; } ?> -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Then you'll find out he was allergic and is hospitalized. See? No good deed goes unpunished.... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
