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I have an order line INSERT that I want to iterate through as many as 15 separate "order line items", but I'm not sure how to build my code to iterate cleanly through all the possible lines. The requirements:
1) I will check for at least one order line (from any camper) in the validation of the previous page's form. Don't need to worry about that here.
2) Every camper need not to have an order line. In the page's initial $_POST array below, camper[1] does not have any order lines.
3) I check for an isset() before processing an order line.
4) I have to assign two variables from the session ID because I use two instances in the processing loop.
Now, my code manages 6 loops. Not enough. And very clumsy. I can't do this 15 times! Please help,
Karl
1) I will check for at least one order line (from any camper) in the validation of the previous page's form. Don't need to worry about that here.
2) Every camper need not to have an order line. In the page's initial $_POST array below, camper[1] does not have any order lines.
3) I check for an isset() before processing an order line.
4) I have to assign two variables from the session ID because I use two instances in the processing loop.
Now, my code manages 6 loops. Not enough. And very clumsy. I can't do this 15 times! Please help,
Karl
$_POST Array
(
[Camper_0_PK] => 490
[Camper_0_Session_1_List] => 3
[Camper_0_Session_2_List] => 3
[Camper_0_Session_3_List] =>
[Camper_1_PK] => 491
[Camper_1_Session_1_List] =>
[Camper_1_Session_2_List] =>
[Camper_1_Session_3_List] =>
[Marketing_FreeText] =>
[Marketing_CouponCode] =>
[SessionRegSubmit] => Submit
)
Current order line processing code:
// process order line items insert
// TODO: figure out how to make this into an iterating loop
if (isset($_POST['Camper_0_Session_1_List'])){
// must retrieve the program FK for the selected session
$SessionPK = $_POST['Camper_0_Session_1_List'];
$OrderLISessionFK = $_POST['Camper_0_Session_1_List'];
$OrderLICamperFK = $_POST['Camper_0_PK'];
// run through line item insert
require ('panels/panel.order_line_item_insert.php');
}
if (isset($_POST['Camper_0_Session_2_List'])){
// must retrieve the program FK for the selected session
$SessionPK = $_POST['Camper_0_Session_2_List'];
$OrderLISessionFK = $_POST['Camper_0_Session_2_List'];
$OrderLICamperFK = $_POST['Camper_0_PK'];
// run through line item insert
require ('panels/panel.order_line_item_insert.php');
}
if (isset($_POST['Camper_0_Session_3_List'])){
// must retrieve the program FK for the selected session
$SessionPK = $_POST['Camper_0_Session_3_List'];
$OrderLISessionFK = $_POST['Camper_0_Session_3_List'];
$OrderLICamperFK = $_POST['Camper_0_PK'];
// run through line item insert
require ('panels/panel.order_line_item_insert.php');
}
// process order line items insert
if (isset($_POST['Camper_1_Session_1_List'])){
// must retrieve the program FK for the selected session
$SessionPK = $_POST['Camper_1_Session_1_List'];
$OrderLISessionFK = $_POST['Camper_1_Session_1_List'];
$OrderLICamperFK = $_POST['Camper_1_PK'];
// run through line item insert
require ('panels/panel.order_line_item_insert.php');
}
...and so on...
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I forgot to mention you could also build the string using . as well.
This is most likely a better practice than my sprintf() approach. Old habits are hard to break.
$index = "Camper_" . $camperNbr . "_Session_" . $sessionNbr;
This is most likely a better practice than my sprintf() approach. Old habits are hard to break.
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Yes, quite simple. Just make the index as a string, then process against it. I'll give it a try. Anyone else with suggestions for processing this?
Yes, quite simple. Just make the index as a string, then process against it. I'll give it a try. Anyone else with suggestions for processing this?
Okay, I've rewritten the code and it works clean with two FOR loops:
// process order line items insert; up to 5 campers and 3 line items per order
for ($i = 0; $i < 4; $i++) {
$camperIndex = "Camper_" .$i ."_PK";
for ($j = 1; $j < 4; $j++) {
$sessionIndex = "Camper_" .$i ."_Session_" .$j ."_List";
// test if session is selected
if (!empty($_POST[$sessionIndex])){
// retrieve the program FK for the selected session
// two separate sessionIndex variables will be used in the insert loop
$SessionPK = $_POST[$sessionIndex];
$OrderLISessionFK = $_POST[$sessionIndex];
$OrderLICamperFK = $_POST[$camperIndex];
// run through order line item insert
require ('panels/panel.order_line_item_insert.php');
}
} // end session list iteration
} // end camper iteration
I asked the question as I am new to FOR loops...so it might have helped to be more explicit in managing the FOR setups. Otherwise, thanks!
Thanks for the points. We can certainly help you with how to use any of the keyword operations if you help. Loops, if/then, etc., are "bread and butter" to a lot of programmers and I expect hundreds if not thousands of experts on EE can help you with those concepts.
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We can have variables for the camper # and the session # which can be controlled by while loops or other means.
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Does that make sense to you?