[FX.php List] Trying to read back an array

[Leo R. Lundgren]

I think this sounds good :) Storing things in the session so that the usability is independent of what the user does with their browser is nice when it's working :)

17 sep 2010 kl. 15.27 skrev Bob Patin:

> A footnote:
> 
> You might ask why I'm trying to read the session vars instead of reading the POST values again; here's why:
> 
> I'm going to populate this array more than once. The user can return to this page from 2 different submitting forms, and slowly build up this array. So I have to read in the session vars rather than just displaying the POST vars.
> 
> 
> On Sep 17, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
> 
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> In my last episode our hero was trying to store input into arrays; he got that far...
>> 
>> Now he's trying to get this back, and here's the problem:
>> 
>> I store the POST values here:
>> 
>> // loop through the recid array and create the product arrays
>> if( (strlen($_POST['recid'])>0) && (is_array($_POST['recid']))) {
>> 	foreach($_POST['recid'] as $recid) {
>> 		$_SESSION['description['.$recid.']'] = $_POST['description'.$recid] ;
>> 		$_SESSION['type['.$recid.']'] = $_POST['type'.$recid] ;
>> 		$_SESSION['serial['.$recid.']'] = $_POST['serial'.$recid] ;
>> 		$_SESSION['problem['.$recid.']'] = $_POST['problem'.$recid] ;
>> 		$_SESSION['recid['.$recid.']'] = $recid ;
>> 	}
>> }
>> 
>> I can return $recid with no trouble, so I'm fairly certain that all my session vars are getting populated.
>> 
>> NOW... I want to show these on the same page, and wrote this:
>> 
>> 	  <?php
>> 	  // loop through the recid array and create requests for each item
>> 		foreach($_SESSION['recid'] as $recid) {
>> 			$status = "Open; pending manufacturer approval";
>> 			$description = $_SESSION['description'.$recid];
>> 			$problem = $_SESSION['problem'.$recid];
>> 			$serial = $_SESSION['serial'.$recid];
>> 			echo $recid;
>> 	?>
>> <<<< TABLE >>>>
>> <?php
>> }
>> ?>
>> 
>> What am I missing here? My FOREACH doesn't return anything at all, and doesn't loop a single time.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> Bob Patin
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