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Asked: 2026-06-16T11:53:47+00:00

I have the following code which loops through an array to create forms that

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I have the following code which loops through an array to create forms that are filled with values (which the user will be able to edit) on a single page. There are as many forms as there are loops in the array, which is always changing.

<body>
<div id="main">
    <?php
    foreach($articles as $item) { ?>
        <div id='container'>
            <form>
                Title: <input type="text" name="title" size="80" value="<?php echo $item[0]; ?>">
                <br>
                URL: <input type="text" name="url" size="80" value="<?php echo $item[1]; ?>">
                <br>
                End Date: <input type="text" name="endDate" value="<?php echo substr($item[7], 14, strpos($item[7], '@') - strlen($item[7])); ?>">
                <br>
                <?php
                    if (substr($item[8], 0, 2) === 'Su'){
                    } else {
                ?>
                Start Date: <input type="text" name="startDate" value="<?php echo substr($item[8], 7, 9); ?>">
                <?php } ?>
            </form>
        </div>
    <?php } ?>
</div>
</body>

Now, I want the user to have a single submit button at the bottom of the page which will submit ALL the forms on the page to MySQL database. The problem is I don’t know how to do that.

I know the submit button takes the format of

<input type="submit" value="Submit">

I am assuming I need to give each form in the loop a unique name but from there I am at a loss as to what my next step should be to actually send and receive the information from these multiple forms.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can’t submit more than one form at once. What is wrong with putting all sets of <input>s into a single form?:

    <body>
<div id="main">
    <form>
    <?php
    $inpCnt = 0;
    foreach($articles as $item) {
        $inpCnt++;  ?>
        <div id='container'>
                Title: <input type="text" name="title_<?php echo $inpCnt; ?>" size="80" value="<?php echo $item[0]; ?>">
                <br>
                URL: <input type="text" name="url_<?php echo $inpCnt; ?>" size="80" value="<?php echo $item[1]; ?>">
                <br>
                End Date: <input type="text" name="endDate_<?php echo $inpCnt; ?>" value="<?php echo substr($item[7], 14, strpos($item[7], '@') - strlen($item[7])); ?>">
                <br>
                <?php
                    if (substr($item[8], 0, 2) === 'Su'){
                    } else {
                ?>
                Start Date: <input type="text" name="startDate_<?php echo $inpCnt; ?>" value="<?php echo substr($item[8], 7, 9); ?>">
                <?php } ?>
        </div>
    <?php } ?>
</form>
</div>
</body>

    You need to be able to define each of these inputs aswel. So I’ve used the loop to give each one a unique name.

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