[FX.php List] Accepting user input on multiple records simultaneously

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Hi Folks,

This is a common one...but one that I have yet to attempt:

I'd like to be able to allow users to select a checkbox from multiple 
lines (records) (displayed on the screen using a foreach after a 
search), and then subsequently process the selected records.  A good 
example: a web  app where the user would select desired records for 
comparison.

Up to this point, I've worked with just single record updates.

So.....How?


Soo...as I write this, I am realizing that our friend, the array, is 
probably needed here.
	- Display the original search result with foreach.
	- Allow user to check boxes in one big form.
	- Process the form, pushing "checked" record IDs into an array.
	- Allow user to navigate to other pages in the listing, 
collecting "checked boxes" as in in above.
	- Upon clicking a master "Do It" button, run through the 
array and perform an FMP search for just those records....but can't 
do that because FX.php can't search for multiple record IDs in a 
search.


Hmmmm....

Any suggestions?


Thanks

Jonathan



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