Post not working for arrays
what is wrong with the following code? For $outputResult I am getting garbage.
<head>
<?php
$outputResult='nothing to see';
if ( !empty($_POST['postData']) )
{
$outputResult = '<table border="1">';
foreach ( $_POST['entry'] as $entry )
{
$outputResult .= '<tr>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $entry['uuk']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $entry['ActivityID']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $entry['Units']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $entry['RegHours']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $entry['OTHours']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= '</tr>';
}
$outputResult .= '</table>';
}
?>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" name="newActivities" action="test.php">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class='headcol'>Doe, John</td>
<td>
<input type='hidden' name='entry[uuk]' value='d83a0d81d478dfe53d1d1cca01e38620'>
<input type='hidden' name='entry[ActivityID]' value='9'>
<input class='qty' type='text' name='entry[Units]' size='4'>
</td>
<td>
<input class='regHrs' type='text' name='entry[RegHours]' size='4'>
</td>
<td>
<input class = 'otHrs' type='text' name='entry[OTHours]' size='4'>
</td>
<td>
<input type='hidden' name='entry[uuk]' value='d83a0d81d478dfe53d1d1cca01e38620'>
<input type='hidden' name='entry[ActivityID]' value='10'>
<input class='qty' type='text' name='entry[Units]' size='4'>
</td>
<td>
<input class='regHrs' type='text' name='entry[RegHours]' size='4'>
</td>
<td>
<input class = 'otHrs' type='text' name='entry[OTHours]' size='4'>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<button type="submit" name = "postData" class="btn btn-default" value="clicked">Post Data</button>
</form>
<?php echo $outputResult; ?>
</body>
I made no changes and it works. Check your server settings?
I also noticed you have duplicate input names, so the latter ones would overwrite the former.
Why are you using a foreach loop? You just have to preocess a form, isn't it?
<?php
$outputResult='nothing to see';
if ( !empty($_POST['postData']) )
{
$outputResult = '<table border="1">';
$outputResult .= '<tr>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $_POST['entry']['uuk']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $_POST['entry']['ActivityID']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $_POST['entry']['Units']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $_POST['entry']['RegHours']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= ' <td>'. $_POST['entry']['OTHours']. '</td>';
$outputResult .= '</tr>';
$outputResult .= '</table>';
}
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gonzo, adding the [0], [1], etc worked perfectly. Thanks. Instead of incrementing I will just use a combination of uuk and ActivityID since that combination will be unique. I left the button alone, it seems to work ok as is (using Bootstrap, so I just used their sample code).
marco, this is just a small sample of what I am trying to achieve. There will be many more columns going across for various ActivityIDs and many rows down for various StaffID. In the example I posted that one row currently needs to return two records, but the final result each row will need to return many records. I can't think of anyway of doing that without a loop. Is there?
marco, this is just a small sample of what I am trying to achieve. There will be many more columns going across for various ActivityIDs and many rows down for various StaffID. In the example I posted that one row currently needs to return two records, but the final result each row will need to return many records. I can't think of anyway of doing that without a loop. Is there?
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I am having an issue when I use my whole recordset (all activities and all staff). Nothing gets returned. When I limit to a single staff or group of activities then it works.
Is this a limitation with arrays and if so, what is a workaround?
Is this a limitation with arrays and if so, what is a workaround?
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it turned out to be the line:
if ( !empty($_POST['postData'])
I changed it to if ( !empty($_POST) ) when trying out Ray's suggestion and it worked for the full recordset.
Odd, though, that when I had a smaller recordset the $_POST['postData']) seemed to work fine.
if ( !empty($_POST['postData'])
I changed it to if ( !empty($_POST) ) when trying out Ray's suggestion and it worked for the full recordset.
Odd, though, that when I had a smaller recordset the $_POST['postData']) seemed to work fine.
<button type="submit" name = "postData" class="btn btn-default" value="clicked">Post Data</button>
to:
<input type="submit" name="postData" value="Post Data">