?? for those who know ColdFusion and PHP

[minsan]

Here's my code:

<input type=&quot;Text&quot; name=&quot;alphabet&quot; value=&quot;abcd&quot;>
<input type=&quot;Text&quot; name=&quot;alphabet&quot; value=&quot;efgh&quot;>
<input type=&quot;Text&quot; name=&quot;alphabet&quot; value=&quot;ijkl&quot;>

In Cold Fusion, when you output these three form fields that has the same NAME attribute, you will get a 3-item list that contains the three values respectively. Like this:

<cfoutput>#form.alphabet#</cfoutput>

Will give you:

abcd,efgh,ijkl

But if you output this in PHP, you only get the last item that uses that same NAME attribute. Like this:

<?php print(&quot;$alphabet&quot; ?>

Will give you:

ijkl

My question is, how can I get the itemed list result like it does in Cold Fusion using PHP code? I absolutely have to use the same NAME attribute for all my input text fields. I'll be generating the input fields from a loop so I don't think I can use unique NAME attributes.

Thanks!

 

[Bramvg]

Hi minsan,

I never used PHP, so I can't realy tell you, but at Tek-Tips you do have a forum called PHP, just do a search on top of this page on PHP...

I'm sure these guys will be able to help you.

Regards
bram

 

[inlandpac]

In php, you can add [] to the end of the name in the form field. When the form is submitted, php treats this as an array.

example:
<input type=&quot;Text&quot; name=&quot;alphabet[]&quot; value=&quot;abcd&quot;>
<input type=&quot;Text&quot; name=&quot;alphabet[]&quot; value=&quot;efgh&quot;>
<input type=&quot;Text&quot; name=&quot;alphabet[]&quot; value=&quot;ijkl&quot;>

would give:

Array
(
    [alphabet] => Array
        (
            [0] => abcd
            [1] => efgh
            [2] => ijkl
        )

)

Chad.

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