PHP $_POST Associative Array Returns null

Question

Input values

    <input type="hidden" name="service_row[1]['row']" value="1" />
    <input type="checkbox" name="service_row[1]['check']" />
    <input type="text" name="service_row[1]['observation']" />
    <input type="text" name="service_row[1]['parts']" />

Handler code

    foreach ($_POST['service_row'] as $data) {
        $row_num = $data['row'];
        if (isset($data['check'])) {
            $checked = 1;
        } else {
            $checked = 0;
        }
        $observation = database::escape($data['observation']);
        $parts = database::escape($data['parts']);
    }

My var dump on $data displays

    array
       ''row'' => string '1' (length=1)
       ''observation'' => string 'Test' (length=4)
       ''parts'' => string 'Test' (length=4)

So from what I can see is that the $data array exists and displays the values I have put in but for some reason when I try to put the data into a variable it returns null.

Can anyone see what I am not seeing here? Any help is much appreciated, this one got me stumped right now.

What is database::escape() doing? Is it returning correctly? — Matt Asbury
– Matt Asbury, Commented Apr 12, 2012 at 12:36
In your HTML form, remove the quotes from the array keys. service[1][row] etc... — Michael Berkowski
– Michael Berkowski, Commented Apr 12, 2012 at 12:39
@SnapGravy Be sure to mark Alexander's answer accepted below by clicking the checkmark. — Michael Berkowski
– Michael Berkowski, Commented Apr 12, 2012 at 12:54

Damon · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-29 22:29:04Z

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I think that you must use index 'row' instead of row or remove quotes from your html.

edited Jan 29, 2014 at 22:29

Damon

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answered Apr 12, 2012 at 12:38

Alexander Burov

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Kodemon Over a year ago

Removing the quotes fixed the issue. Thanks to Alexander and Michael for your quick response. Easy to go blind once in a while :D

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