Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 04/04/07 15:14

Jerim79 wrote:
> I need to create a form that takes a number that the user enters, and
> duplicates a question the number of times the user entered. For
> instance, if the customer enters 5 on the first page, when they press
> next the form generates "How old are you?" 5 times on the page. The
> customer will answer all 5 questions then press next. Finally, all the
> local variables get dynamically created and written to a database.
>
> I have already taken care of dynamically creating the question five
> times. Using a simple WHILE clause, this generates the correct number
> of questions. What I am having an issue with at this point, is how to
> dynamically create the local variables.For instance, for the question
> "How old are you?" I would need a unique variable for each instance;
> using something like $Age(n). So that for five times, it would
> automatically created variables $Age1 through $Age5. I have carried
> over the number to the submit page by creating the variable $Number
> and passing it along as hidden button on the form. $Age'$Number'
> seemed to work for creating the variable, but $_post["Age'$Number'"]
> doesn't work for referencing the global variable. I would need some
> way of looping through and dynamically creating the variables.
>
> I am willing to rethink my approach to the whole problem, so the door
> is wide open to suggestions.
>

A much easier way would be to just use an array:

<input name="age[]" ...>

Then your answers will be in the array $_POST['age'] or $_GET['age'],
depending on how you submit the form.

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