how to insert value of two arrays together in database - php

Question

Here i my form i am having four checkboxes with each having a textbox for its description
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="checkbox" name="days[]" value="Sunday"/>Sunday
<input type="text" name="description[]" /><br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="days[]" value="Monday"/>Monday
<input type="text" name="description[]" /><br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="days[]" value="Tuesday"/>Tuesday
<input type="text" name="description[]" /><br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="days[]" value="Wednesday"/>Wednesday
<input type="text" name="description[]" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
Here the user can choose any textbox and can write its description...now at the time of insertion...i want to insert only those values where checkboxes are checked...
For e.g: If i choose monday and tuesday then monday and tuesday should be inserted along with their respectice textboxes....my problem is that when i am submitting then the checkbox values are going right but only single description is getting inserted....here is mmy php script...
if(isset($_POST["submit"]))
{
for($i=0;$i<count($_POST["days"]);$i++)
{
$dayz=$_POST["days"][$i];
$description=$_POST["description"][$i];
mysql_query("insert into transport_two (transport_id,name) values ('$dayz','$description')");
}
}
?>
Can anyone help??

Answer 1

First of all, why aren't you making your life easier; and giving them a normal non array name?
What you can do is;
if ((isset($_POST["days"]) && isset($_POST["description"])) {
$days = $_POST["days"];
$desc = $_POST["description"];
$len = count($days);
for ($i = 0; $i <= $len-1; $i++) {
$noID = filter_var($days[$i], FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);
echo $days[$noID] . " " . $desc[$noID];
}
}
Check if that will work for you :)
Tested & Working:
HTML
<input type="checkbox" name="days[0][day]" value="Sunday"/>Sunday <input type="text" name="days[0][value]" />
<br/><input type="checkbox" name="days[1][day]" value="Monday"/>Monday <input type="text" name="days[1][value]" />
<br/><input type="checkbox" name="days[2][day]" value="Tuesday"/>Tuesday <input type="text" name="days[2][value]" />
<br/><input type="checkbox" name="days[3][day]" value="Wednesday"/>Wednesday <input type="text" name="days[3][value]" />
PHP
<?PHP
$arr = $_POST["days"];
for ($i = 0; $i < count($arr); $i++) {
if (!empty($arr[$i]['day'])) {
echo $arr[$i]['day'] . " and.... its value is " . $arr[$i]['value'];
}
}
?>

Answer 2

In php
<?php
if (isset($_POST['chk_group'])) {
$dayArray = $_POST['days'];
$decArray =$_POST['description'];
for ($i=0; $i<count($dayArray); $i++) {
$dayz=$dayArray[$i];
$description=$decArray[$i];
mysql_query("insert into transport_two (transport_id,name) values ('$dayz','$description')");
}
}
?>

Answer 3

try to use description[dayname] in the form and use $description=$_POST["description"][$dayz] in processing, you have array indexing issue because checkbox are just not send if not checked.
here i my form i am having four checkboxes with each having a textbox for its description
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="checkbox" name="days[]" value="Sunday"/>Sunday <input type="text" name="description[Sunday]" />
<br/><input type="checkbox" name="days[]" value="Monday"/>Monday <input type="text" name="description[Monday]" />
<br/><input type="checkbox" name="days[]" value="Tuesday"/>Tuesday <input type="text" name="description[Tuesday ]" />
<br/><input type="checkbox" name="days[]" value="Wednesday"/>Wednesday <input type="text" name="description[Wednesday]" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
and php:
if(isset($_POST["submit"]))
{
for($i=0;$i<count($_POST["days"]);$i++)
{
$dayz=$_POST["days"][$i];
$description=$_POST["description"][$dayz];
mysql_query("insert into transport_two (transport_id,name) values ('$dayz','$description')");
}
}

Answer 4

this may help
$str = '';
for($i=0;$i<count($_POST["days"]);$i++)
{
$dayz=$_POST["days"][$i];
$description=$_POST["description"][$i];
$str .= "(".$dayz.", ".$description.")";
if ((count($_POST["days"])-1) < $i) {
$str .= ',';
}
}
mysql_query("insert into transport_two (transport_id,name) values ".$str) ;

Answer 5

Firstly name each text input and check-box with different name.
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="checkbox" name="days1" value="Sunday"/>Sunday
<input type="text" name="days1_1" /><br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="days2" value="Monday"/>Monday
<input type="text" name="days2_2" /><br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="days3" value="Tuesday"/>Tuesday
<input type="text" name="days3_3" /><br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="days4" value="Wednesday"/>Wednesday
<input type="text" name="days4_4" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
Use this code for checking which check-box are checked.
<?php
if(isset($_POST["submit"]))
{
for($i=0;$i<$number_of_days;$i++)
{
$dayz="days".$i;
$description=$dayz."_".$i;
if(isset($dayz))
{
mysql_query("insert into transport_two (transport_id,name) values ('$dayz','$description')");
}
}
}
?>