ok here we are, your code is *almost* correct, but even syntaxialy correct
doesnt mean it should be used :) use arrays, its a tone easier. to fix your
code change
$name =& $field;
to
$name = $$field;
now to make the code, a ton easier to use, use arrays.
<?php
...
echo "
<input type=text name=name[$people_id] value='somedata'>
";
...
?>
<?php
...
foreach($name as $pos => $val)
{
echo $val;
}
...
?>
arrays are great things, use them lost :) haha
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> Hi,
>
> I'm in a quandary here. I have a form which contains sever tables each
> containing similar fields. The number of tables are dynamic based on
> vales I retrieve from a database. Each table has the following fields:
>
> $name
> $phone
> $fax
>
> In order to differentiate the filed names in my form, I created a loop
> and extended each field name with the loop iteration as such ($rownum is
> my loop counter):
>
> <snip>
> <input type="text" name="name" . $rownum . ">"
> <input type="text" name="phone" . $rownum . ">"
> <input type="text" name="fax" . $rownum . ">"
>
> So I would have field variables of:
> $name1, $name2, $name3, ...
> $phone1, $phone2, $phone3, ...
> $fax1, $fax2, $fax3, ...
>
> So far so good as I have verified that these fields exist.
>
> Now, when the user clicks on the submit button, the form data gets
> posted to a PHP script. I wish to access the variables but here I am at
> a loss. I attempted the following code without success ($rownum is the
> number of tables I created):
>
> for ($i = 1; $i <= $rownum; $i++) {
> $field = "phone" . $i;
> $name =& $field;
> echo $field . ":" . $name . "\n";
> }
>
> The docs state that references are NOT pointers. So....., how can I
> access my variables? I could not find any information on Macros or
> Pointers.
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
>
>
>
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