Basic PHP HELP!!

[zimu]

This is driving me nutts!
It seems so simple yet I just can't seem to do it.

Basically, I want to have a form on page 1, lets say form.html, that allows user to put in a comma separated list of numbers. 1,2,3,4 for e.g.-- the input for this is <input type = text name = TheList>

The next page, lets say process.php, i want it so it will take that list of numbers, and make an array out of them, i.e. [1,2,3,4]


I tried doing
$List = array($_POST[TheList]);

but it just doesnt' work. I thought that it would just make the array and voila!

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks

 

[JonTheBaller]

I think you want to do...

$list = explode( ",", $HTTP_POST_VARS["formelementname"] );

 

[notfred]

you have to break up your string "1,2,3,4,5" into a bunch of numbers. In perl you'd do "@list = split /,/, $string;

PHP probably looks like what johnnytightlips posted.

 

[Superwormy]

www.php.net/explode


Also, use valid X/HTML, its a good habit to get into:

<input type="text" name="thislist" />

 

[JonTheBaller]

What's XHTML?

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: johnnytightlips
What's XHTML?

HTML 4 with extensions that are XML conforming.