Getting radio button value and storing in php - php

Question

this is radio button code
now what if radio button does not have a constant name how would i store the data in database because to store the data in database we will need a name of form attribute
$sql1="select * from questions where email='". $_SESSION['email'] ."'";
$row=mysqli_query($conn,$sql1);
while ($result = mysqli_fetch_array($row))
{
?>
<h2 id="question_<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['qid'].".".$result['question'];?></h2>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer1'];?>" name="<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['answer1'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer2'];?>" name="<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['answer2'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer3'];?>" name="<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['answer3'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer4'];?>" name="<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['answer4'];?>
if we know the name of radio button we can access it using
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer4'];?>" name="name"><?php echo $result['answer4'];?>
$name=$_POST['name'];
but in the above code name of radio button is not fixed.questions is the table which consists of qid and questions with multiple options that is answer1,answer2 etc
i want to store the option select by user into database.for which i need to know the name of radio button
how should i use post in this case
$name=$_POST['what should go in here'];

Answer 1

You can get the radio button value along with question ID as:
Basic Example:
<?php
$array = array(1,2); // your Question ID array
?>
Your Form:
<form method="post" action="">
<?php
foreach ($array as $key => $qid) {
?>
<input type="radio" value="1" name="radio[<?=$qid?>]">
Answer 1
<input type="radio" value="2" name="radio[<?=$qid?>]">
Answer 2
<input type="radio" value="3" name="radio[<?=$qid?>]">
Answer 3
<input type="radio" value="4" name="radio[<?=$qid?>]">
Answer 4
<?php
echo "<br/>";
}
?>
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</form>
In PHP:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$query = array();
foreach ($_POST['radio'] as $key => $value) {
$query[] = "('$value','$key')";
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO table (answer,questionID) VALUES ";
$sql .= implode(",", $query);
echo $sql;
}
?>
In this example query look like:
INSERT INTO table (answer,questionID) VALUES ('2','1'),('3','2')
Few Suggestions:
- Your code is open for SQL Injection, you must need to prevent your code with SQL Attack and this reference will help you to understand: How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?
- Make sure your column name and table name not having any conflict, currently, you are using same name for both.
Update with Your Code:
<?php
while ($result = mysqli_fetch_array($row))
{
?>
<h2 id="question_<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['qid'].".".$result['question'];?></h2>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer1'];?>" name="radio[<?php echo $result['qid'];?>]">
<?php echo $result['answer1'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer2'];?>" name="radio[<?php echo $result['qid'];?>]">
<?php echo $result['answer2'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer3'];?>" name="radio[<?php echo $result['qid'];?>]">
<?php echo $result['answer3'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer4'];?>" name="radio[<?php echo $result['qid'];?>]">
<?php echo $result['answer4'];?>
<?
}
?>
In PHP:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$query = array();
foreach ($_POST['radio'] as $key => $value) {
$query[] = "('$value','$key')";
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO table (answer,questionID) VALUES ";
$sql .= implode(",", $query);
echo $sql; // run this query in mysqli_query()
}
?>
Few More Instructions:
- Change the table name as per your table name
- Change the column name according to your column.
- Use INSERT query at once, no need to use it inside the loop.

Answer 2

Create an array at the end of while loop like this :
while ($result = mysqli_fetch_array($row))
{
?>
<h2 id="question_<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['qid'].".".$result['question'];?></h2>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer1'];?>" name="<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['answer1'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer2'];?>" name="<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['answer2'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer3'];?>" name="<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['answer3'];?>
<input type="radio" value="<?php echo $result['answer4'];?>" name="<?php echo $result['qid'];?>"><?php echo $result['answer4'];?>
<? $names[] = $result['qid'];
}
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
for ($i=0; $i<count($names); $i++) {
if(isset($_POST[$names[$i]]) {
$rate = $_POST[$names[$i]];
$sql ="INSERT INTO answer (answer, qid) VALUES (".$rate.", ".$names[$i] .")";
mysqli_query($con, $sql);
}
}
}
?>