Multiple inputs with same name through POST in php

Question

Is it possible to get multiple inputs of the same name to post and then access them from PHP   The idea is this  I have a form that allows the entry of an indefinite number of physical addresses along with other information   If I simply gave each of those fields the same name across several entries and submitted that data through post  would PHP be able to access it   Say  for example  I have five input on one page named  xyz  and I want to access them using PHP   Could I do something like         POST  xyz   0    If so  that would make my life ten times easier  as I could send an indefinite amount of information through a form and get it processed by the server simply by looping through the array of items with the name  xyz

User · Accepted Answer

Change the names of your inputs    lt input name  xyz    value  Lorem    gt   lt input name  xyz    value  ipsum     gt   lt input name  xyz    value  dolor    gt   lt input name  xyz    value  sit    gt   lt input name  xyz    value  amet    gt    Then     POST  xyz   0      Lorem    POST  xyz   4      amet         If so  that would make my life ten times easier  as I could send an   indefinite amount of information through a form and get it processed   by the server simply by looping through the array of items with the   name  xyz     Note that this is probably the wrong solution  Obviously  it depends on the data you are sending

User · Answer

It can be   echo  Welcome    POST  firstname     POST  lastname

User · Answer

Eric answer is correct  but the problem is the fields are not grouped   Imagine you have multiple streets and cities which belong together    lt h1 gt First Address lt  h1 gt   lt input name  street    value  Hauptstr    gt   lt input name  city    value  Berlin     gt    lt h2 gt Second Address lt  h2 gt   lt input name  street    value  Wallstreet    gt   lt input name  city    value  New York    gt    The outcome would be   POST      street    gt     Hauptstr    Wallstreet                city    gt     Berlin     New York        To group them by address  I would rather recommend to use what Eric also mentioned in the comment section    lt h1 gt First Address lt  h1 gt   lt input name  address 1  street   value  Hauptstr    gt   lt input name  address 1  city   value  Berlin     gt    lt h2 gt Second Address lt  h2 gt   lt input name  address 2  street   value  Wallstreet    gt   lt input name  address 2  city   value  New York    gt    The outcome would be   POST      address    gt                      1   gt    street    gt   Hauptstr    city    gt   Berlin                     2   gt    street    gt   Wallstreet    city    gt   New York

User · Answer

In your html you can pass in an array for the name i e    lt input type  text  name  address      gt     This way php will receive an array of addresses

User · Answer

For anyone else finding this - its worth noting that you can set the key value in the input name  Thanks to the answer in POSTing Form Fields with same Name Attribute you also can interplay strings or integers without quoting   The answers assume that you don t mind the key value coming back for PHP however you can set name  yourval   string or int  which then allows you to refer to an existing record

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