multiple request array

[gotboots]

Hi all,

I was wondering if it is a common thing to do when requesting variables to have the request names in an array and use a for loop to request the submitted variables. (will it hold the values if its a for loop?)

What i have at present is this:

$mobile_phone = $_REQUEST['mobile_phone'] ;
$mobile_phone = mysql_real_escape_string($mobile_phone);
$work_phone = $_REQUEST['work_phone'] ;
$work_phone = mysql_real_escape_string($work_phone);
$home_phone = $_REQUEST['home_phone'] ;
$home_phone = mysql_real_escape_string($home_phone);
$email_address = $_REQUEST['email_address'] ;
$email_address = mysql_real_escape_string($email_address);
$time = $_REQUEST['time'] ;
$time = mysql_real_escape_string($time);

and about ten other requests being made too by the way.

if i run it through an array and use a for loop request the variables, will it hold the values in the request to be used elsewhere in the script?

[LethargicCoder]

Everything will remain in $_REQUEST unless you specifically modify or remove it, allowing you to get the same information repeatedly from it.

[gotboots]

cheers man for the quick reply,

so in essence (does this look right?):

$arr = array(mobile_phone, work_phone, home_phone, email_address, time);
foreach ($arr as &$value) 
{
    $value = $_REQUEST['$value'] ;
    $value = mysql_real_escape_string($value);
}

echo $mobile_phone;

[LethargicCoder]

If you have register_globals = on, you will automatically get variables that match your POST elements with appropriate values already.

If register_globals is off, you can do what you're doing with a couple changes

$arr = array("mobile_phone", "work_phone", "home_phone", "email_address", "time");
foreach ($arr as $value) // don't need the & if you're creating new separate variables 
{
    $$value = $_REQUEST[$value] ;
    $$value = mysql_real_escape_string($$value);
}
 
echo $mobile_phone;

[gotboots]

Wicked LethargicPoster, that works. thanks so much, i can now take out about forty lines of code from each of my processing pages. Very happy indeed