Posted by Marek Kilimajer on 03/17/05 15:19

AndreaD wrote:
> I have about 10 text boxes each taking in value (ages) , The code I have
> checks for a value and if it is set it then sets the cookie to that value.
> The else just clears the value. On the next page I use a foreach to get the
> values but I think there must be a quicker way to collect the data appart
> from 10 if-else staements.
>
> if (isset($andrea){
>
> setcookie("cookie[andrea]", "$andrea");
> }
>
> else {setcookie("cookie[$andrea]", "");
>
> }
>
>
> if (isset($james){
>
> setcookie("cookie[james]", "$james");
> }
>
> else {setcookie("cookie[$james]", "");
>
> }

$names = array('andrea', 'james', ...);

foreach($names as $name) {
if (isset($_POST[$name]){
setcookie("cookie[$name]", $_POST[$name]);
} else {
setcookie("cookie[$name]", "");
}
}

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