Insert Data

[dudejma]

I have this form. The name of the field is an id of a row in a table. When the user inputs the information into the field, it goes to another page that processes the information. This is the code on the page that processes it:

 

while ($ids = mysql_fetch_array($getIDs) {

$staffID = $ids['id']; //id is the column name in my table

$value = $_POST['$staffID'];

 

But when I echo $value, it doesn't echo anything. I have made sure that there is a value in the field and if, instead of $_POST['$staffID'], I type a specific ID such as, $_POST['55485'], it will output the value entered in that field. I have not yet grasped the concept of arrays yet so that's why I'm not using one here. Can you just not put a variable in $_POST? Thanks.

[litebearer]

$_POST is an array used to gather field data from a FORM; each element of the array uses the form field name. what your code does is try to use an element that does not exist.

 

make sense?

[Pikachu2000]

You're probably going to need to post the form as well as the code that puts the IDs into it.

[dudejma]

<form action="takeAttendance1.php" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Mark</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<?php 
echo '<td>' . $row['lastName'] . ', ' . $row['firstName'] . '</td>';
echo '<td><input type="text" name="' . $row['id'] . '"></td>';
?>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="Enter Attendance">
</form>

[litebearer]

Your post array will contain the following...

$_POST['firstName'];
$_POST['lastName'];
$_POST['id'];

 

I suspect we might also need to see more of your processing script