Combining multiple form items to one DB field

Is there a way to combine the values of multiple form items such as two
textboxes and one radio button for insertion into one MYSQL database
field?

Just use the dot operator to join the fields, i.e.

$combined = $_POST['textfield_1'] . $_POST['textfield_2'] .
$_POST['radio_button'];

that way you can use $combined to insert into MySql attribute. Hope
this helps.

perplexed wrote:
> Is there a way to combine the values of multiple form items such as two
> textboxes and one radio button for insertion into one MYSQL database
> field?

I think you would do better by revising your database structure.

Anyway, try this (unchecked and missing validation):

$combined = '';
$combined .= serialize($_POST['text1']);
$combined .= serialize($_POST['text2']);
$combined .= serialize($_POST['radio']);
/* write $combined to a DB text column */


And reading it back in:

$combined = 's:5:"text1";s:5:"text2";b:1;';
/* last value was read from the DB */
$values = explode(';', $combined);
$text1 = unserialize($values[0]);
$text2 = unserialize($values[1]);
$radio = unserialize($values[2]);

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