How to print_r $_POST array?

Question

I have following table.

Answer 1

You are adding the $_POST array as the first element to $myarray. If you wish to reference it, just do:

$myarray = $_POST;

However, this is probably not necessary, as you can just call it via $_POST in your script.

Answer 2

$_POST is already an array, so you don't need to wrap array() around it.

Try this instead:

<?php 

 for ($i=0;$i<count($_POST['id']);$i++) {

  echo "<p>".$_POST['id'][$i]."</p>";
  echo "<p>".$_POST['value'][$i]."</p>";
  echo "<hr />";

} 

 ?>

NOTE: This works because your id and value arrays are symmetrical. If they had different numbers of elements then you'd need to take a different approach.

Answer 3

Why are you wrapping the $_POST array in an array?

You can access your "id" and "value" arrays using the following

// assuming the appropriate isset() checks for $_POST['id'] and $_POST['value']

$ids = $_POST['id'];
$values = $_POST['value'];

foreach ($ids as $idx => $id) {
    // ...
}

foreach ($values as $idx => $value) {
    // ...
}

Answer 4

As you need to see the result for testing purpose. The simple and elegant solution is the below code.

echo "<pre>";
print_r($_POST);
echo "</pre>";

Answer 5

$_POST is an array in itsself you don't need to make an array out of it. What you did is nest the $_POST array inside a new array. This is why you print Array. Change it to:

foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {

  echo "<p>".$key."</p>";
  echo "<p>".$value."</p>";
  echo "<hr />";

}