php getting values of form query string

Question

i am trying to post a form to php that contains multiple identical fields e.g. there can be multiple body_styles and multiple make and model

when i serialize the form i get the following output

SelectbsmContainer0=&body_style=hatchback&body_style=mpv&make=bmw&model=5+series+gran+turismo&valueA=200&valueB=800

how can i parse this at php end??

Treffynnon · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-20 11:29:57Z

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Change your html so that your fields are an HTML "array" like this:

<input name="body_style[]" value="" />
<input name="body_style[]" value="" />

Then you can access them via PHP's $_GET super global like so:

$first_body_style = $_GET['body_style'][0];
$second_body_style = $_GET['body_style'][1];

Or

foreach($_GET['body_styles'] as $value) {
    var_dump($value);
}

edited May 20, 2011 at 11:29

answered May 20, 2011 at 11:21

Treffynnon

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John x Over a year ago

tnx for the answer with example... but David Dorward answered first so i have to accept his answer... +1

Treffynnon Over a year ago

@john Umm... No he didn't. 2011-05-20 11:21:53Z versus 2011-05-20 11:23:19Z

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-20 11:23:19Z

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Thanks to a certain PHP feature, you are going to have a lot of trouble unless you rename the fields so the names end with [], at which point they will appear in $_POST as arrays.

answered May 20, 2011 at 11:23

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