Function post_array_item

post_array_item function

Defined in	/init/custom_helpers.php, lines 120-123
Author	LemonStand eCommerce Inc.

mixed function post_array_item(string $array_name, string $name, mixed $default=NULL)

$array_name	string	specifies the array element name in the POST data.
$name	string	specifies the array element key in the first array.
$default	mixed	specifies a default value.
{return}	mixed	returns the found array element value or the default value.

Finds an array in the POST data then finds and returns an element inside this array. If the array or the element do not exist, returns NULL or a value specified in the $default parameter.

This function is useful for extracting form field values if you use array notation for the form input element names. For example, if you have a form with the following fields

<input type="text" name="customer_form[first_name]">
<input type="text" name="customer_form[last_name]">

you can extract the first name field value with the following code:

$first_name = post_array_item('customer_form', 'first_name')

This function is a shortcut for Phpr_Request::post_array_item() method.

LemonStand API

post_array_item function

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