Trying to get multiple radio buttons passed through form - php

Question

I have a while loop printing multiple checkboxes..I changed them to checkboxes instead of radio buttons.. now all I want to do is pass the names of all those checkboxes to my vote.php file. If I give my checkbox in my loop a simple name and carry that over to my vote.php which handles all my POST data, it only carries over my last selection.. I want all of my selections. I cleaned my code up for you guys a little bit.
Tell me where I am going wrong here.. here is my initial code printing the buttons..
while($row_nominee=mysql_fetch_array($result_nominee)){
$id = $row_nominee[0];
//print "$level";
$prefix = $row_nominee[1];
$fname = $row_nominee[2];
$lname = $row_nominee[3];
$suffix = $row_nominee[4];
$city = $row_nominee[5];
$state = $row_nominee[6];
$zip = $row_nominee[7];
$bio = $row_nominee[8];
$level = $row_nominee[10];
$name = $prefix . " " . $fname . " " . $lname;
$address = $city . " " . $state . " " . $zip;
//print "$voted";
print "<tr>";
print "<td width=\"4\" valign=\"top\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"candidateOne\" id=\"candidate\" value=$id></td>";
print "<td valign=\"top\"><FONT face=Tahoma,Arial,Helv size=-1><b>Name:</b> <font color=\"#ff0000\">$name</font><br><b>Hometown:</b> $address<br><b>Bio:<br /></b> $bio</font></td>";
print "</tr>";
}
?>
//now here is my vote.php file which handles the checkboxes.
//get the contents from the vote ballot Form
$voter_id = safeEscapeString(qsrequest(voter));
$candidate_id = safeEscapeString(qsrequest(candidateOne));
//print "$voter_id and $candidate_id";
include '../../sql/usagym_connection.php';
if(qsrequest(correct))
{
$voter_id1= safeEscapeString(qsrequest(voter1));
$candidate_id1= safeEscapeString(qsrequest(candidate1));
$votes1= safeEscapeString(qsrequest(votes1));
$votes1 += 1;
$sql_voter = "update stateChair_voters set voted='Y' where (usagnum='$voter_id1')";
//print "$sql_voter<br>";
$result_voter = mysql_query($sql_voter, $link) or die("Invalid query2");
$update_candidate = "update stateChair_nominees set votes=$votes1 where (id=$candidate_id1)";
//print "$update_candidate<br>";
$result_update = mysql_query($update_candidate, $link) or die("Invalid query3");
//print "Total votes is $votes1.";
header( "Location: vote_thanks.html");
exit;
}
else
{
//connect the database
$sql_candidate = "select id, prefix, fname, lname, suffix, city, state, zip, bio, votes from stateChair_nominees where id=$candidate_id";
$result_candidate = mysql_query($sql_candidate, $link) or die("Invalid query1". mysql_error());
while($row_candidate=mysql_fetch_array($result_candidate)){
$id = $row_candidate[0];
$prefix = $row_candidate[1];
$fname = $row_candidate[2];
$lname = $row_candidate[3];
$suffix = $row_candidate[4];
$city = $row_candidate[5];
$state = $row_candidate[6];
$zip = $row_candidate[7];
$bio = $row_candidate[8];
$votes = $row_candidate[9];
$name = $prefix . " " . $fname . " " . $lname;
$address = $city . " " . $state . " " . $zip;
}
?>
All I really want to do is submit multiple people to a vote and not just one person. Thoughts? Thanks guys!
Here is my code for my checkboxes..
print "<td width=\"4\" valign=\"top\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"candidateOne\" id=\"candidate\" value=$id></td>";
Now here is the code that handles these checkboxes.. I didn't write this code and I am having to debug it, so any help is appreciated.
$candidate_id = safeEscapeString(qsrequest(candidateOne));
This code right now handles a string, not a variable. What's the process in having a variable represent multiple checkboxes on the other file while recording them on here?

Answer 1

print "<td width=\"4\" valign=\"top\"><input type=\"radio\" name=\"candidateOne\" id=\"candidate\" value=$id></td>";
You must change the 'name' as you have changed the 'value' in the loop by a variable.