PHP Form Group Results From Multiple Arrays

Question

I have a php form that allows the user to add multiple copies of three fields (installed item, description, and quantity). The results of each field are captured in an array.

I am sending the results via an email form. Currently I have it set to the following:

$email_body = "Date: $date \n".
   "Installed Items: \n" . implode("\n", $_POST['installed']) . "\n" .
   "Installed Description: \n" . implode("\n", $_POST['installed-description']) . "\n" .
   "Installed Quantity: \n" . implode("\n", $_POST['installed-quantity']) . "\n";

It displays like this in the email:

Installed Items:

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

Installed Description:

Description 1
Description 2
Description 3

Installed Quantity:

Quantity 1
Quantity 2
Quantity 3

I would like for it to display as follows:

Item 1
Description 1
Quantity 1

Item 2
Description 2
Quantity 2

etc...

Any help would be appreciated (and, I'm pretty new to PHP so pardon the noob-ness of this question).

Ofir Baruch · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 20:38:31Z

1

In this case I would recommend to use a for loop:

for($i = 0; $i < COUNT($_POST['installed']);$i++)
{
   $msg .= 'Item '.$i.'\n';
   $msg .=  $_POST['installed'][$i].'\n';
   $msg .=  $_POST['installed-description'][$i].'\n';
   $msg .=  $_POST['installed-quantity'][$i].'\n';
   $msg .= '\n'; //extra space between the items
}

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 20:38

Ofir Baruch

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user1754427 Over a year ago

Thanks @ofir-baruch! This looks like exactly what I was looking for. However, I'm getting a syntax error when I drop it into the $email_body section of my code.

user1754427 Over a year ago

I'm getting a 500 error in my browser and Dreamweaver (i know, i know) is giving me a general message that I have a syntax error on the first line.

user1754427 Over a year ago

$email_body = "Date: $date \n".  			 			for($i = 0; $i < COUNT($_POST['installed']);$i++) 		{ 		   $msg .= 'Item '.$i.'\n'; 		   $msg .=  $_POST['installed'][$i].'\n'; 		   $msg .=  $_POST['installed-description'][$i].'\n'; 		   $msg .=  $_POST['installed-quantity'][$i].'\n'; 		   $msg .= '\n'; //extra space between the items 		} 					   $to = "[email protected]";

user1754427 Over a year ago

sorry...don't know how to paste that so it looks nice.

Ofir Baruch Over a year ago

You forgot semicolon in this part:$email_body = "Date: $date \n". Instead of this one , write: $email_body = "Date: $date \n";

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