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

[Jonathan Schwartz]

*That's* the simple command I was looking for.  I do plan to go the 
next step and actually extract the keys from $_POST in a more elegant 
way.  I peeked at some later posts and saw some good suggestions.

Jonathan

Thanks


At 10:02 AM -0500 4/24/07, Andrew Denman wrote:
>You can do an unset($_POST['click']); before running the foreach.
>
>Andrew Denman
>
>
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>[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan 
>Schwartz
>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:35 PM
>To: FX.php Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Accepting user input on multiple records 
>simultaneously
>
>Almost there with the brute force solution....
>
>So far, I have:
>
>1) Added a check box to every line item in the line listing of found records.
>
>2) Added a form around the entire listing, with submit button.
>
>3) Pointed the submit button to a new file that processes the $_POST 
>array (this is the root of the question)
>
>4) perform a foreach to update each record with the -recid sent over 
>from the check box on the original page.
>
>Everything works in spite of my fumbling.  The only problem is that 
>I am using $_POST which returns exactly 1 line more than the actual 
>number of boxes checked (the input buttton name is included):
>
>[1] => 1
>     [2] => 2
>     [3] => 3
>     [32] => 32
>     [34] => 34
>     [37] => 37
>     [41] => 41
>     [44] => 44
>     [48] => 48
>     [52] => 52
>     [click] => Submit Selections
>
>So, the final loop of the foreach produces an error.
>
>Is there a better way to handle the array from the $_POST?
>
>J
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