Create a loop, help needed

[ChrisLannister]

// * * * * * * * *Get all the vars * * * * * * *$name = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'companyName', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS); $contact = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'contact', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);$phone = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'phone', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);$email_from = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'email', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);$invNo = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'invNO', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS); $queryType = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'typeOfQueryDropDownBox', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);$details = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'details', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);$generalDetails = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'generalDetails', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);$hireRatesCB = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'hireRatesCB', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);$supplyRatesCB = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'supplyRatesCB', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);$salesmanVistCB = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'salesmanVistCB', FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);    $email_message = "---------- Customer Details ----------nn";    $email_message .= "Company Name:              ".($name)."n";    $email_message .= "Contact:    ".($contact)."n";    $email_message .= "Phone:                   ".($phone)."n";    $email_message .= "Email:                   ".($email_from)."n";    $email_message .= "---------- Invoice Query ----------"."nn";    $email_message .= "Invoice No/Contract No:         ".($invNo)."n";    $email_message .= "Type of Query:    ".($queryType)."n";    $email_message .= "Details:                   ".($details)."n";    $email_message .= "---------- General Query ----------"."nn";    $email_message .= "Details: ".($generalDetails)."n";    $email_message .= "Request hire rates:      ".($hireRatesCB)."nn";    $email_message .= "Supply catalogues:      ".($supplyRatesCB)."nn";    $email_message .= "Salesman visit:      ".($salesmanVistCB)."nn";    $email_to = "chris.harwood@hotmail.com";    $email_subject = "QUERY form from - " . $name . ", has been filled in.";// Mail Push'Reply-To: '.$email_from."rn" .'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message);  ?> <!-- Confirmation message -->Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.

Hi all,

On my very basic form http://lannister.info/test/query.html I have a function that creates another invoice query box. It adds _1, _2 etc to the end of the var names.I'm not sure how to capture these additional vars on the PHP end and output them into the e-mail. I image I need to create an array for the vars and check for additional values with a loop? Not sure where to go from here.

 

Many thanks!

[davej]

That might be an appropriate place to use one or more arrays.

 

http://www.w3schools.com/PhP/php_arrays.asp

 

You would then loop through the array(s)...

 

http://www.w3schools.com/PhP/php_looping_for.asp

[birbal]

you can add form field name like

<input name="foo[]" ........./><input name="bar[]" ........./>

 

so when you add dynamcially forms and submit them each field will be available in $_POST['foo'], $_POST['bar'] which is an array. You can then get those fields and use them.

[ChrisLannister]

$invNo = $_POST['invNo'];$queryType = $_POST['typeOfQueryDropDownBox'];$details = $_POST['details'];  $email_message .= "---------- Invoice Query 1 ----------"."n";    $email_message .= "Invoice No/Contract No:         ".($invNo[0])."n";    $email_message .= "Type of Query:    ".($queryType[0])."n";    $email_message .= "Details:                   ".($details[0])."nnn";        $email_message .= "---------- Invoice Query 2 ----------"."n";    $email_message .= "Invoice No/Contract No:         ".($invNo[1])."n";    $email_message .= "Type of Query:    ".($queryType[1])."n";    $email_message .= "Details:                   ".($details[1])."nnn";         $email_message .= "---------- Invoice Query 3 ----------"."n";    $email_message .= "Invoice No/Contract No:         ".($invNo[2])."n";    $email_message .= "Type of Query:    ".($queryType[2])."n";    $email_message .= "Details:                   ".($details[2])."nnn"; 

Yay! Thank you both! Still need to figure how to make a loop to spit the different queries in the e-mail, but this has been a great help

[thescientist]

$invNo = $_POST['invNo'];$queryType = $_POST['typeOfQueryDropDownBox'];$details = $_POST['details'];  $email_message .= "---------- Invoice Query 1 ----------"."n";    $email_message .= "Invoice No/Contract No:         ".($invNo[0])."n";    $email_message .= "Type of Query:    ".($queryType[0])."n";    $email_message .= "Details:                   ".($details[0])."nnn";        $email_message .= "---------- Invoice Query 2 ----------"."n";    $email_message .= "Invoice No/Contract No:         ".($invNo[1])."n";    $email_message .= "Type of Query:    ".($queryType[1])."n";    $email_message .= "Details:                   ".($details[1])."nnn";         $email_message .= "---------- Invoice Query 3 ----------"."n";    $email_message .= "Invoice No/Contract No:         ".($invNo[2])."n";    $email_message .= "Type of Query:    ".($queryType[2])."n";    $email_message .= "Details:                   ".($details[2])."nnn"; 

Yay! Thank you both! Still need to figure how to make a loop to spit the different queries in the e-mail, but this has been a great help

 

 

 

probably something like

for($i = 0, $l = count($invNo); $i < $l; $i++){  $email_message .= "---------- Invoice Query " . ($i + 1) + " ----------" . "n";  $email_message .= "Invoice No/Contract No: " . ($invNo[$i]) . "n";  $email_message .= "Type of Query: " . ($queryType[$i]) . "n";  $email_message .= "Details: " . ($details[$i]) . "nnn";}

[ChrisLannister]

Yay, thank you guys, this works perfectly!

[Sora]

My mistake, this post can be deleted.

Edited March 12, 2014 by Sora