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[David Champion]

Have you tried to access that an an array?

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re-registered the domain, and we're in the process of re-starting the group.

-dc

Jason Hill wrote:
> Long time listener, first time caller.
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> I'm trying to do some very dynamic form work and have run into a problem
> that I don't quite know about.
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> I have information in an XML file that I use to populate the form
> (checkboxes and text boxes). The names of those objects come from the
> information in the XML file. Once the form is submitted I need to iterate
> over all the $_POST information and update data in the XML file according to
> what was checked and entered into the check/text boxes. 
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> So far I've gotten stuck on $_POST['$varname'] always being empty. ($varname
> will change every iteration of a loop, so there's some nested goodness too)
> Using var_dump($_POST) shows me that in fact the $varname variable is there
> and even using strcmp on a string that is exactly the same as what var_dump
> tells me is there doesn't work. 
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> The XML datafile changes daily, so I can't count on fields being there or
> not, or being in the same place in the file. 
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> Any thoughts from the php gurus out there?
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> Thanks,
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> -Jason
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> Jason Hill
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> jahill@iastate.edu