Question

Is it possible to submit forms with input checkboxes, each containing the same name, to a PHP script?

Is it possible to loop through the names to get all the values?

I am building a message system, and users can add/remove recipients dynamically. When they do, a hidden checkbox is generated in the form containing the value, yet I’m not sure what to do with the name. On the php end, on top of the recipients a subject and a message are submitted, and the script needs to loop through each name and perform various SQL tasks. I know there are much better ways of doing this, and feel free to suggest, but I’d really like to know if it can get done this way. Comment if you need to see code, but I warn you, it’s really confusing.

Answer 1

<input type="checkbox" name="samename[]">
// on the post/get:
foreach( $_POST['samename'] as $eachId ){
  // do whatever you want.  build the where in a query, ' set = '.$eachId
}