Dynamic form input names allocated to $_POST - php

Question

I have a form that has the name value of the input element dynamically populated from a mysql query. Problem I am having is that I dont know to assign the value to a valid variable on form submission for later use, i cant declare the variable earlier in the scrip because i dont know it until the query is executed? how do i assign the name value to a $_POST variable? thanks.
my code
$con = new mysqli('localhost', 'jolly' ,'xxxx', 'jolly');
$query = 'SELECT * FROM names ORDER BY name ASC';
$result = mysqli_query($con, $query);
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
?>
<p align="right"><?php echo $row['name'] ?>:
<input type="int" name="<?php echo $row['name'].'_score' ?>" />
</br>
<?php } ?>
<p align="right">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Next" />
</p>
</form>

Answer 1

Just use the value attribute of tag like this
<input type="text" name="somename" value="<?php echo $row['name'].'_score' ?>">
i am sure this will help

Answer 2

One possibility to solve your conundrum would be to run the sql query before generating the html and storing the query results in an array / object / session. Once the values are stored you can generate the html but by that stage would know the names and values from the db call.
$con = new mysqli( 'localhost', 'jolly' ,'xxxx', 'jolly' );
$query = 'select * from `names` order by `name` asc';
$result = mysqli_query( $con, $query );
$data = array();
/* add content from db to storage object */
while( $row = mysqli_fetch_assoc( $result ) ) $data[]=$row['name'];
/* possibly save as a session? */
$_SESSION['names']=$data;
/* generate the html */
<form method='post' name='names' action='/path/to/script.php' enctype='application/x-www-form-urlencoded'>
<?php
foreach( $data as $i => $name ){
echo "<p align='right'>{$name}<input type='int' name='{$name}_score' /></p>";
}
?>
<p align="right">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Next" />
</p>
</form>
if you stored the data in a session you should be able to access it in the form handler script if required.

Answer 3

You do not need to assign an explicit name to an input. What you have to is distinguish the forms. When submitting the post, the entire form is submitted.
your.php:
<?php
$var = $_post['data'];
...
>
form.php:
...
$con = new mysqli('localhost', 'jolly' ,'xxxx', 'jolly');
$query = 'SELECT * FROM names ORDER BY name ASC';
$result = mysqli_query($con, $query);
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
?>
<form id = "form_<?php echo $row['name'].'_score' ?>" name = "form_<?php echo $row['name'].'_score' ?>" action = "your.php" method = "POST">
<p align="right"><?php echo $row['name'] ?>:
<input type="int" name="data" value= "<?php echo $row['name'].'_score' ?>" />
</br>
<?php } ?>
<p align="right">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Next" />
</p>
</form>