On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 16:54 -0400, Ron Piggott wrote: > I am trying to process a form where the user uses checkboxes: > > <input type="checkbox" name="painDesc[]" value="1" />Sharp > <input type="checkbox" name="painDesc[]" value="2" />Stabbing > <input type="checkbox" name="painDesc[]" value="3" />Jabbing > > When I do: > > foreach($_REQUEST as $key => $val) { > $$key = $val; > echo $key . ": " . $val . "<br>"; > } > > The output is: > > painDesc: Array > > I need to know the values of the array (IE to know what the user is > checking), not that there is an array. I hope to save these values to the > database. > > Thank you. > > Ron > > You need to iterate that array, as that holds the values of everything sent by the browser Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk