I'm trying to make a form that uses arrays so once it is submitted and processed multiple rows get inserted into my database. My main program is more complex than below but I could not get it working so I decides to create a small simple program to understand the basic syntax better then apply the techniques to the main program. I have got it to work using the depreciated MySQL but converting it to MySQLi is causing problems that I wonder if I can get help with.
My form is set up like this
<html>
<title>multi row insert test form</title>
<body>
<table>
<form action="process2.php" method="post">
<tr>
<th>forename</th>
<th>surname</th>
<th>level</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="fname[]"></td>
<td><input type="text" name="sname[]"></td>
<td>
<select name="level[]">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="fname[]"></td>
<td><input type="text" name="sname[]"></td>
<td>
<select name="level[]">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>
</body>
</html>
and the php page that updates the database using MySQLi is as below
<?php
include 'dbconnect2.php';
$fname = $_POST['fname'];
$sname = $_POST['sname'];
$level = $_POST['level'];
if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO people (fname, sname, level) values (?, ?, ?)")) {
$stmt->bind_param('ssi', $fname, $sname, $level);
for ($i=0; $i<2; $i++)
{
$fname[$i] = $fname;
$sname[$i] = $sname;
$level[$i] = $level;
$stmt->execute();
echo "Done";
}
$stmt->close();
}
?>
Or, with less rewriting your existing code:
It looks like you merely got your declaration syntax reversed in your loop.
Also, the first three declarations after your connection include are not necessary.
Try this. You need to iterate on all your post data, and bind them IN the loop.