you need brackets, so when php initializes the variables, it knows to make
the variable state an array.
name=state[]
-Matias
"James Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Heya folks, not sure if this is more of a php question or an html
question,
> though I'm right now leaning towards a 50% php, 50% html, so I think this
is
> on topic still.
>
> I have a form filled with checkboxes, each representing one of the 50
> states. A user can check as many states as they want, then post the
data -
> The checkbox form would look *something* like:
>
> <td><input type="checkbox" name="state" value="1"> Alabama</td>
> <td><input type="checkbox" name="state" value="2"> Alaska</td>
> <td><input type="checkbox" name="state" value="3"> Arizona</td>
>
> Instead of assigning a unique name to each checkbox, I know there's *some*
> way to make it so the same name has multiple values, as I've seen it done
> before (somehow). When posting the data though, the script is only
> recognizing the box checked with the highest value
>
> foreach ($_POST as $value) {
> echo "$value<br/>\n";
> }
>
> ^^^ Only shows the highest value
>
> Any ideas on how to do this without having to check for
> isset($_POST['california']), isset($_POST['alabama']) etc. etc.?
>
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