davidgvns Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I'm trying to build an online tool checkout application, so I'm working with script 10.5 to pull (tool names) from a database to populate a table. I need to be able to select multiple tools (using checkboxes), and then submit that form to a shopping cart. I've been able to add a checkbox to each result, but is this the correct way to give each checkbox the name associated with it? // Fetch and print all the records.... $bg = '#eeeeee'; while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($r, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) { $bg = ($bg=='#eeeeee' ? '#ffffff' : '#eeeeee'); echo '<tr bgcolor="' . $bg . '"> <td align="left">' . $row['category'] . '</td> <td align="left">' . $row['name'] . '</td> <td align="left"> <form action="view_cart.php" method="post"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked" value="$row['name']" /> </td> '; } // End of WHILE loop. And then to display the results? if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array ($r, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) { echo "\t<tr> <td align=\"left\">{$row['name']}</td> </tr>\n"; } // End of the WHILE loop. It just feels like a shot in the dark, and so I wanted to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaux Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) I'm not sure if I understand your code or what it is you're trying to do, but I'll have a go. The way your code is currently structured you're creating a form for every row in the database. I think maybe you want to try something like this $bg = '#eeeeee'; echo ' <form action="view_cart.php" method="post"><table>'; while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($r, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) { $bg = ($bg=='#eeeeee' ? '#ffffff' : '#eeeeee'); echo '<tr bgcolor="' . $bg . '"> <td align="left">' . $row['name'] . '</td> <td align="left"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]" value="' . $row['name'] . '" id="' . $row['name'] . '" /> </td></tr>'; } ?> </table> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /> </form> The checkboxes are all set to a named array and each given a unique id so you can loop through them to see which ones have been checked when you process the form if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { echo 'you have added the following tools to your shopping cart:'; foreach ($_POST['checked'] as $value) { echo " $value, "; } } Edited April 5, 2013 by margaux 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidgvns Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 yesssss... exactly what I'm trying to do! I'll plug this in and see how it works! Thanks for the reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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