PHP Arrays from HTML Forms to UPDATE MySQL - php

Question

I've got a page showing the contents of my DB in form inputboxes like this:
<?php
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$namn = $row['namn'];
$mandag = $row['mandag'];
$tisdag = $row['tisdag'];
$onsdag = $row['onsdag'];
$torsdag = $row['torsdag'];
$fredag = $row['fredag'];
?>
<td width="100"></td>
<td><?=$namn?><input name="namn[]" type="hidden" value="<?=$namn?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100">Mandag</td>
<td><input name="mandag[]" type="text" value="<?=$mandag?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100">Tisdag</td>
<td><input name="tisdag[]" type="text" value="<?=$tisdag?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100">Onsdag</td>
<td><input name="onsdag[]" type="text" value="<?=$onsdag?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100">Torsdag</td>
<td><input name="torsdag[]" type="text" value="<?=$torsdag?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100">Fredag</td>
<td><input name="fredag[]" type="text" value="<?=$fredag?>"></td>
</tr>
<?php } ?>
<tr>
<td width="100"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100"> </td>
<td>
<input name="update" type="submit" id="update" value="Update">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
After this I've added code to able to update the different DB entries by changing the content of the inputboxes and pressing the submit button:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['update']))
{
$namnValue = $_POST['namn'];
$mandagValue = $_POST['mandag'];
$tisdagValue = $_POST['tisdag'];
$onsdagValue = $_POST['onsdag'];
$torsdagValue = $_POST['torsdag'];
$fredagValue = $_POST['fredag'];
print_r($mandagValue);
$sql = "UPDATE anstalld SET mandag = '$mandagValue', tisdag = '$tisdagValue', onsdag = '$onsdagValue', torsdag = '$torsdagValue', fredag = '$fredagValue' WHERE namn = '$namnValue'";
echo $sql;
$retval = mysql_query( $sql, $conn );
if(! $retval )
{
die('Could not update data: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "Updated data successfully\n";
}
mysql_close($conn);
?>
The DB is being updated, however, the problem is that all my
$namnValue = $_POST['namn'];
$mandagValue = $_POST['mandag'];
$tisdagValue = $_POST['tisdag'];
$onsdagValue = $_POST['onsdag'];
$torsdagValue = $_POST['torsdag'];
$fredagValue = $_POST['fredag'];
are returning the result "Array", an not the actual Values from the inputboxes.
Therefore my SQL UPDATE ends up being
"UPDATE anstalld SET mandag = 'Array', tisdag = 'Array', onsdag =
'Array', torsdag = 'Array', fredag = 'Array' WHERE namn = 'Array'"
I'll appreciate any help I can get on this, thanks.

Answer 1

You need to delete [] on our input names:
<td><input name="onsdag" type="text" value="<?=$onsdag?>"></td>
instead of
<td><input name="onsdag[]" type="text" value="<?=$onsdag?>"></td>
^^
Otherwise they are considered as arrays.

Answer 2

Because of the name of your input fields
<input name="onsdag[]" type="text" value="<?=$onsdag?>">
you are sending arrays and not single values.
Change the names as the previous answer suggests
<input name="onsdag" type="text" value="<?=$onsdag?>">
or access them as arrays
$namnValue = $_POST['namn'][0];
$mandagValue = $_POST['mandag'][0];
...