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URL parsing to get variables name

Jan 23rd, 2007

hi.
maybe the solution to my problem is quite obvious but I can't find it, so I'm asking here.I'm building a small movie db with the chance for users to borrow the title they want.
the movies' info is fetched from a db and displayed in a html table.
this table has a column containing a checkbox named as the numeric ID of the movie:
[PHP]<input name="'.$id.'" type="checkbox">[/PHP]

now, I want to create a confirmation page before the user sends in the form with what he/she wants to borrow, but I can't figure out how to parse the URL.
when I submit the form with GET method, I get something like this:order_preview.php?name=Andrea&205=on&206=on&Submit=Send
I can see that the numbers represent the checkboxes selected but how do I parse the URL to get those numbers and not the "on" value?

thanks

Andrea

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Re: URL parsing to get variables name

Jan 23rd, 2007

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foreach ($_GET as $key => value)
{
    echo $key . "<br />";
}
foreach ($_GET as $key => value)
{
    echo $key . "<br />";
}