How to get form input array into PHP array

Question

I have a form like the one below which is posted to contacts.php, and the user can dynamically add more with jquery.

<input type="text" name="name[]" />
<input type="text" name="email[]" />

<input type="text" name="name[]" />
<input type="text" name="email[]" />

<input type="text" name="name[]" />
<input type="text" name="email[]" />

If i echo them out in php with the code below

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['account'];

foreach( $name as $v ) {
print $v;
}

foreach( $name as $v ) {
print $v;
}

i will get something like this

name1name2name3email1email2email3

how can i get those arrays into something like the code below

function show_Names($n, $m)
{
return("The name is $n and email is $m, thank you");
}

$a = array("name1", "name2", "name3");
$b = array("email1", "email2", "email3");

$c = array_map("show_Names", $a, $b);
print_r($c);

so my my output is like this

The name is name1 and email is email1, thank you
The name is name2 and email is email2, thank you
The name is name3 and email is email3, thank you

thank you for any help or advice

Answer 1

E.g. by naming the fields like

<input type="text" name="item[0][name]" />
<input type="text" name="item[0][email]" />

<input type="text" name="item[1][name]" />
<input type="text" name="item[1][email]" />

<input type="text" name="item[2][name]" />
<input type="text" name="item[2][email]" />

(which is also possible when adding elements via javascript)

The corresponding php script might look like

function show_Names($e)
{
  return "The name is $e[name] and email is $e[email], thank you";
}

$c = array_map("show_Names", $_POST['item']);
print_r($c);

Answer 2

They are already in arrays: $name is an array, as is $email

So all you need to do is add a bit of processing to attack both arrays:

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['account'];

foreach( $name as $key => $n ) {
  print "The name is ".$n." and email is ".$email[$key].", thank you\n";
}

To hand more inputs, just extend the pattern:

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['account'];
$location = $_POST['location'];

foreach( $name as $key => $n ) {
  print "The name is ".$n.", email is ".$email[$key].
        ", and location is ".$location[$key].". Thank you\n";
}

Answer 3

However, VolkerK's solution is the best to avoid miss couple between email and username. So you have to generate HTML code with PHP like this:

<? foreach ($i = 0; $i < $total_data; $i++) : ?>
    <input type="text" name="name[<?= $i ?>]" />
    <input type="text" name="email[<?= $i ?>]" />
<? endforeach; ?>

Change $total_data to suit your needs. To show it, just like this:

$output = array_map(create_function('$name, $email', 'return "The name is $name and email is $email, thank you.";'), $_POST['name'], $_POST['email']);
echo implode('<br>', $output);

Assuming the data was sent using POST method.

Answer 4

Hi, What if you've got array of fieldsets?

<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="item[1]" />
<input type="text" name="item[2]" />
<input type="hidden" name="fset[]"/>
</fieldset>

<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="item[3]" />
<input type="text" name="item[4]" />
<input type="hidden" name="fset[]"/>
</fieldset>

I added a hidden field to count the number of the fieldsets. The user can add or delete the fields and then save it.