extract $_POST data - php

Question

I'm working on a project where I have retrieved the name and values from selected checkboxes using jquery/ajax. I have set the names and values of the checkboxes using php on the main page. I would like to extract the names using $_POST in a seperate php script so that I can use these names to delete projects out of MySQL.
$("#deleteproject").click(function () {
var names = [];
$('#projectcheckbox input:checked').each(function() {
//all checkbox names are put in array
names.push({name: $(this).attr('name'), value: $(this).val()});
});
alert($.param(names));
return false;
});
The above alert($.param) returns the selected checkbox in a val1.name and val1.value format.
//run delete_project.php to erase projects from database
$.ajax({
type: "post",
url:"delete_project.php",
data: names,
cache: false,
success:function() {
alert(names + ' deleted')
}
});
I have searched for an answer the last couples days and I would appreciate some help figuring this out.

Answer 1

I would prefer using html part in this way first, cos it's more flexible and easy in your case;
<input type="checkbox" name="projectcheckbox[]" value="foo_project" />
<input type="checkbox" name="projectcheckbox[]" value="bar_project" />
...
Or printing out the db results at first;
foreach ($projects as $project) {
print '<input type="checkbox" name="projectcheckbox[]" value="'.$project.'" />';
}
Then calling jQuery.serialize will give you a data stuff like;
projectcheckbox[]=foo_project&projectcheckbox[]=bar_project ...
PHP part (after post);
foreach ((array) $_POST['projectcheckbox'] as $pro) {
// do something with $pro = foo_project or bar_project etc...
// THIS PART FOR SECURITY GUYS :)
// BUT! DO NOT FORGET TO SECURE YOUR DATA ($pro) HERE!!!!!
}