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[Jerry Weida]

If I'm understanding the problem correctly, then it would appear that
you are using the wrong type of quotes.  Try:

$_POST["$varname"]

in place of

$_POST['$varname']

I could be way off on this though.


On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:35:29 -0600, Jason Hill <jahill@iastate.edu> wrote:
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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
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> So far I've gotten stuck on $_POST['$varname'] always being empty. ($varn=
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> Using var_dump($_POST) shows me that in fact the $varname variable is the=
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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.=20
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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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