> -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Brown [mailto:parasane@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 21 September 2007 23:27 > To: Stut > Cc: Eric Lommatsch; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Access name of variable in $_POST array > > 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"; > } > ?> I might be missing something but I fail to see the point of the variable variable assignation (which is best to be avoided :) ) Dan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
