Checkboxs and array indices

From: Nik Coughin (nrkn!no-spam!_at_woosh.co.nz)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:19:19 +1300

I am having a problem with checkboxes...

I have a number of blocks like this on my form:

<input type="text" name="name[]" value="a name">
<input type="text" name="ddi[]" value="1234">
<input type="checkbox" name="delete[]">

If I then submit the form, the array $delete is the only one which isn't
indexed by its order on the form.

For example, $name[ 0 ] and $ddi[ 0 ] always return the value of the first
name[] and ddi[] input on the form.

If I check any one of the checkboxes, say the third one, then $delete[ 0 ]
will be "on", and all of the other including $delete[ 2 ] will be off.

If I checked the third and seventh checkbox, just as an example, $delete[
0 ] and $delete[ 1 ] will be "on".

So, there is no way I can tell which checkboxes are actually checked, just
how many have been checked. This is extremely annoying and doesn't happen
with any of the other form controls. Any ideas? 

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