form_with_name_array.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta content="text/html;charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
  <title>Form with name array</title>
</head>
<body>

  <form action="#" method="post">

  <!--

    With this weird person[0][first_name] names, it's possible
    to access the $_POST variable more convenently as an
    array.

  -->

  <b>First Person</b><br>
    First name: <input name="person[0][first_name]" value="Peter"  />
    Last name:  <input name="person[0][last_name]"  value="Mayer"  />

  <p><b>Second Person Person</b><br>
    First name: <input name="person[1][first_name]" value="Diana"  />
    Last name:  <input name="person[1][last_name]"  value="Muller" />

  <p><input type="submit" value="Go">
    
  </form>

  <?php

    foreach ($_POST['person'] as $person_no => $person_names) {

      print "<p>Person " . $person_no . ":<br>";

      foreach ($person_names as $attr => $name) {
        print $attr . " = " . $name . "<br>";
      }

    }

  ?>

</body>
</html>