Question

I am new to php.

I want to have a form such as this:

 Name   <TextField>   Corresponding pic:  <dropdown> hiddenID (not shown to user)
 Name   <TextField>   Corresponding pic:  <dropdown> hiddenID (not shown to user)
 Name   <TextField>   Corresponding pic:  <dropdown> hiddenID (not shown to user)
 Name   <TextField>   Corresponding pic:  <dropdown> hiddenID (not shown to user)
 Name   <TextField>   Corresponding pic:  <dropdown> hiddenID (not shown to user)

 Update Values (button)

After the button is clicked (form submitted) how will I get all those values. I want to update a database table for each of those values. query would be like

update user_tables name=<newnameSubmitted>, pic=<valueFromDropDown> 
where id=<hiddenIdGottenBack>

In this example I have 5 values…how will I be able to run the above update statement 5 times with corresponding values.

Please clear my confusion or guide me to a tutorial that will help me out a little.

Answer 1

<?
  $cmd=$_POST["cmd"];

  if(isset($cmd)) {
    $name=array_map('mysql_escape_string', $_POST["name"]);
    $sel=array_map('mysql_escape_string', $_POST["sel"]);
    for($i=0;$i<count($name);$i++) {
          $sql="update TABLENAME set col1='{$name[$i]}' where col2='{$sel[$i]}'";
    }

?>

<form method="post" action="sample.php">
Value1 <input type="text" name="name[]"/> <select name="sel[]">...</select>
Value1 <input type="text" name="name[]"/> <select name="sel[]">...</select>
Value1 <input type="text" name="name[]"/> <select name="sel[]">...</select>
Value1 <input type="text" name="name[]"/> <select name="sel[]">...</select>
Value1 <input type="text" name="name[]"/> <select name="sel[]">...</select>
<input type="submit" name="cmd" value="Submit"/>
</form>