>>> I create a table of input fields so the user (secretary at a Rotary
>>> meeting) can check mark if the person attended and how much they paid
>>> for lunch.  Each input field name has the user ID as part of it.  
>>> What is the best way to process the table when the submit button is
>>> pressed?  There are about 50 rows in the table.

>>> Sample of one row for member 590:

>>> <tr>
>>> <td><input type="checkbox" name="590_attend" value="1">
>>> </td>
>>> <td>05/11/2007</td><td>Theressa</td><td>Bryant</td><td><input
>>> type="text" name="590_pay" value="16" size="5" maxlength="4"></td>
>>> <td><input type="text" name="590_charge" value="16" size="5"
>>> maxlength="4"></td>
>>> <td><input type="text" name="590_note"" size="26" maxlength="25"></td>
>>> </tr>

>> Personally I'd do it like this (if you are displaying say 50
>> checkboxes on the page at once)

>> Name each checkbox so the they go into an array, i.e.:

>> <input type="checkbox" name="attend[]" value="590">
>> <input type="checkbox" name="attend[]" value="591">
>> <input type="checkbox" name="attend[]" value="592">

>> Then in your PHP script you can simply loop through the attend array
>> ($_POST['attend']) and extract all the IDs of those people who were
>> ticked. If they weren't ticked, they won't be in your array.

>> Cheers,

>> Rich
> I would do it even a different way

> <tr>
> <td><input type="checkbox" name="list[590][attend]" value="1"></td>
> <td>05/11/2007</td>
> <td>Theressa</td>
> <td>Bryant</td>
> <td><input type="text" name="list[590][pay]" value="16" size="5"
> maxlength="4"></td>
> <td><input type="text" name="list[590][charge]" value="16" size="5"
> maxlength="4"></td>
> <td><input type="text" name="list[590][note]" size="26"
> maxlength="25"></td>
> </tr>

> Then on the PHP side this.

> if ( isset($_POST['list']) && count($_POST['list']) > 0 ) {
>     foreach ( $_POST['list'] AS $id => $data ) {
>         if ( isset($data['attend']) && $data['attend'] == '1' ) {
>             # do stuff related to them attending the meal
>         }
>     }
> }

> This way, everything the grouped in one big array.  You don't have to
> worry about checking for values in each array, it is all right there.  
> Keeping things in sync is much easier this way.

> Hope this helps