Question

This code picks up the ID of the check box checked correctly, however it chooses the select dropdown from my first select not the one I changed. Is there a way to fix this? Im using

<select name="status[]"><option value="1">active</option><option value="0">inactive</option></select>

here is my process code.

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {


// find out how many records there are to update

$size = count($_POST['id']);

// start a loop in order to update each record
$i = 0;
while ($i < $size) {
// define each variable
$id = $_POST['id'][$i];
$status= $_POST['status'][$i];

// do the update and print out some info just to provide some visual feedback
$query = "UPDATE users SET status = '$status' WHERE id = '$id' LIMIT 1";
mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query");
print "$status | $id<br /><br /><em>Updated!</em><br /><br />";
++$i;
}
mysql_close();
}

Answer 1

I agree with the comments, however, I’ll just provide a quick answer to the question.

I’d do something like this for simplicity in the HTML. The array indices can simply echo from a counter in PHP or entered statically if it won’t change based on anything else. Simply increase this index with each item.

<input type="checkbox" name="id[0]" value="1"> Some Text
<select name="status[0]">
    <option value="1">Option 1</option>
    <option value="2">Option 2</option>
</select>

Now for the PHP

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

    foreach($_POST['id'] as $i=>$value) {
        if($value == 1) {
            // define each variable
            $id = $_POST['id'][$i];
            $status= $_POST['status'][$i];

            // do the update and print out some info just to provide some visual feedback
            $query = "UPDATE users SET status = '$status' WHERE id = '$id' LIMIT 1";
            mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query");
            print "$status | $id<br /><br /><em>Updated!</em><br /><br />";
        }

    }
    mysql_close();
}

EDIT:

I forgot to mention you can set the value of the checkbox to whatever you need it to be. Just be sure the if($value==1) checks for a valid result (for example >0 if all of your Id’s are positive).