Array inside of array in HTML to PHP

Question

Is it possible to create a structure like this on HTML ?

Companies-> (employee, payment, etc....); (employee, payment, etc....)

I know that I can create arrays in HTML to use them in PHP through POST... but is it possible to create an array inside of an array ?

And is it correct or there is a better way os of doing that ?

I am guessing that it would be something like this...:

<input name="Companies[employee[]]"/>
<input name="Companies[payment[]]"/>

PS: I can't use 2 diffent IDs or names because it's the User who decides how many entries the form will have.

You would save yourself a lot of trouble if you'd just limit the form to the entry of 1 person at a time. If you must add multiple people, create something like an CSV reader and have people enter their data in a spreadsheet. You could even create a Google Documents spreadsheet as input for your web application. (Ab)using forms to enter massive amounts of data is never a great user experience. — Henry van Megen
– Henry van Megen, Commented Oct 9, 2018 at 7:30
You can always make a complex form and then jsonize it and sent it to php then :) — Goikiu
– Goikiu, Commented Oct 9, 2018 at 7:31
<input name="Companies[employee][]"/> <input name="Companies[payment][]"/> — Suresh
– Suresh, Commented Oct 9, 2018 at 7:32
Yeah. Sometime if companies are more then he cann't go with company1 , company2 ..... etc like that right. It should be an array.. — Suresh
– Suresh, Commented Oct 9, 2018 at 7:38
@HenryvanMegen great tip I will use it in another view. Unfortunately at this one I've been forced to use the array inside of an array by the bussiness rules... And I also recommend the others to follow your answer! — Roger
– Roger, Commented Oct 9, 2018 at 7:44

Suresh · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-09 08:57:55Z

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Update your code as below.

<input name="Companies[employee][]"/>
<input name="Companies[payment][]"/>

answered Oct 9, 2018 at 8:46

Suresh

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