the form clears the array everytime I send it - php

Question

I have a form with 2 selects, when you send the first, the second select charges the values that are called on my oracle bd with a query, then when i send the second select, it generates a table with checkboxes:
if(isset($idTActi)){
$stallTableTarifas=oci_parse($conn, "SELECT TARIFAS.ID, TARIFAS.ID_TIPO_ACTIVIDAD, TARIFAS.TIPO, TIPO_ACTIVIDAD.TEMPS_KM, TARIFAS.PRECIO
FROM TARIFAS, TIPO_ACTIVIDAD
WHERE TARIFAS.ID_TIPO_ACTIVIDAD = TIPO_ACTIVIDAD.ID
AND TARIFAS.ID_TIPO_ACTIVIDAD = $idTActi");
oci_execute($stallTableTarifas);
echo "<div class='divPrecios'>";
echo "<table>";
echo "<tr class='tabPreciosTitles'>";
echo "<td>Tipus Tarifa</td>
<td>Temps/Km</td>
<td>Preu</td>
<td><input type='submit' class='carrito' value=''></td>";
echo "</tr>";
while (($row=oci_fetch_array($stallTableTarifas,OCI_BOTH))!=false){
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>".$row['TIPO']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$row['TEMPS_KM']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$row['PRECIO']."</td>";
echo "<td><input type='checkbox' name='checkbox[]' value='".$row['ID']."'/></td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
echo "</div>";
}
echo "</form>";
The variable $idTActi it's the id that i return from the second select, so when i click on the checkboxes and i send it on the button named class='carrito', that's an sprite that i generate on css, i see on the bottom another table with the information that i selected on the previous table:
echo "<div class='divPrecios'>";
echo "<table>";
echo "<tr class='tabPreciosTitles'>";
echo "<td>Nom Activitat</td>
<td>Nom Tipus Activitat</td>
<td>Tipus Tarifa</td>
<td>Temps/km</td>
<td>Preu</td>";
echo "</tr>";
foreach($_POST['checkbox'] as $item){
$stallTableCarrito=oci_parse($conn, "SELECT ACTIVIDAD.NOM AS NOM_ACTIVIDAD, TIPO_ACTIVIDAD.NOM AS NOM_TACTIVIDAD, TARIFAS.TIPO, TIPO_ACTIVIDAD.TEMPS_KM, TARIFAS.PRECIO
FROM TARIFAS, ACTIVIDAD, TIPO_ACTIVIDAD
WHERE TARIFAS.ID = $item
AND TARIFAS.ID_TIPO_ACTIVIDAD = TIPO_ACTIVIDAD.ID
AND TIPO_ACTIVIDAD.ID_ACTIVIDAD = ACTIVIDAD.ID");
oci_execute($stallTableCarrito);
$array=array(
0=>array(),
1=>array(),
2=>array(),
3=>array(),
4=>array()
);
while (($row=oci_fetch_array($stallTableCarrito,OCI_BOTH))!=false){
array_push($array[0],$row['NOM_ACTIVIDAD']);
array_push($array[1],$row['NOM_TACTIVIDAD']);
array_push($array[2],$row['TIPO']);
array_push($array[3],$row['TEMPS_KM']);
array_push($array[4],$row['PRECIO']);
}
for ($x=0;$x<count($array[0]);$x++){
echo "<tr>";
echo " <td>".$array[0][$x]."</td>";
echo " <td>".$array[1][$x]."</td>";
echo " <td>".$array[2][$x]."</td>";
echo " <td>".$array[3][$x]."</td>";
echo " <td>".$array[4][$x]."</td>";
echo " <td><input type='submit' class='carritoElim' value=''></td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
}
echo "</table>";
echo "</div>";
Basically that's a shopping form.
And where is the problem? When i send the pushed checkboxes with the button class='carrito', the form by default refresh the page and clears my array, what can i do?

Answer 1

In your first part of code, is your form tag open ? (I guess it is if this one works)
In the second part, is your <input type='submit' class='carritoElim' value=''> tag in a form ?
Because if it's not, you gonna have a bad time ;-)
Maybe in the last form you should generate hidden input with same names as your first form and same values.
If you don't I guess your variable $idTActi won't be set anymore and it won't succeed the first test if(isset($idTActi)). That could be why you get a cleared page.
If you have a multi step form in the same php page, for this kind of html code :
<form method=POST url="myURL">
<select name="select1">[...]</select>
<select name="select2">[...]</select>
<!-- VARIOUS PART : may not be displayed -->
<div id="checkboxes">
<input type="hidden" name="boxStep" value="1"/>
<input type="checkbox" name="cb1" value="1"/>
[...]
</div>
<!-- END OF VARIOUS PART -->
</form>
Then you need php tests in this order :
// if post request
if (isset($_POST)) {
if (isset($_POST['boxStep'])) {
// behavior when checkboxes values are sent
} else {
if (isset($_POST['select2'])) {
// behavior when second select is filled
// display "VARIOUS PART"
} else {
// behavior when only first select is filled
// Do not display "VARIOUS PART"
}
}
} else {
// default behavior (no select filled)
// Do not display "VARIOUS PART"
}
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