how to edit nested arrays in a form?

lets say i have this nested array:

$this_guy = array(
"name"=>"a guy",
"address"=>array(
"street" => "s. mile",
"zip"=>"123",
"city"=>"mooflake town")
"email"=>"spam@hotmail.com");

PHP:

now how can i make a form out of this array (some smart function maybe)? i want to be able to edit this array, and i already have some function to display the structure and data, but how do i "address" the fields and read them in again?

has someone an example script that takes an nested array as input and returns a <form action="."> so that you can edit this array and use $_POST as new data? (hope someone can still follow me...)

 

Uhm........
If the array is always with the same structure, you can simply do:

<form action="action.php" method="post">
  Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br />
  Address:<br />
    - street: <input type="text" name="street"><br />
    - zip: <input type="text" name="zip"><br />
    ...
</form>

HTML:

And then in your "action.php" script (the one that receives the POSTed data) just do:

$this_guy['name'] = $_POST['name'];
$this_guy['address']['street'] = $_POST['street'];
...

PHP:

I hope I understood your question, thou...

 

Something like the following might work, modify accordingly of course.

Blargh, mis-read. Yes it's possible, if you still haven't solved it by the time you read this let me know and I'll help you out.

<?php
	
	$this_guy = array(
	"name"=>"a guy",
	"address"=>array(
	"street" => "s. mile",
	"zip"=>"123",
	"city"=>"mooflake town"),
	"email"=>"spam@hotmail.com");
	
	form($this_guy);

	function form($array)
	{
		foreach ($array as $k => $v)
		{
			if (is_array($v))
			{
				foreach ($v as $key => $value)
				{
					echo "$key: <input type='text' name='$key' value='$value' /><br />";
				}
				continue;
			}
				echo "$k: <input type='text' name='$k' value='$v' /><br />";
		}
	}

?>

PHP:

 

thanks, problem solved:

function edit($array, $root) {
	$bf = "<ul>"."\n";
	foreach($array as $key=>$value) {
		$key = $root.'::'.$key;
		if(is_array($value)) {
			$bf .= edit($value, $key);
		}
		else {
			$name = fieldname($key);
			$bf .= '<li><input name="'.$name.'" value="'.$value.'"></li>'."\n";
		}
	}
	$bf .= '</ul>'."\n";
	return $bf;
}

function fieldname($address) {
	//build correct form address
	$data = explode("::", $address);
 	$formname = "";
	foreach($data as $level=>$address) {
		if($level==0) {
			$formname = $address;
		}
		else {
			$formname .= '['.$address.']';
		}
	}
	return $formname;
}	

PHP:

picouli: sorry, thats not really an option - my array has about ~90 fields or so, im not going to write a static form by hand for this.