Why is not this multidimensional array displaying properly?

Question

I'm figuring this problem:
I have the $_POST['user'] variable. If I print_r this variable I get:

Array ( ['name'] => Your name ['phone'] => Your phone number ['email'] => Your email )

But if I try to use $_POST['user']['name'], nothing happens, it's an empty value.

It also happens if I set $_POST['user'] to a variable, for example $user, when I print_r $user I get the same array result, but if I try to work with $user['name'] it's blank.

This is the input data that has been submited

<input type="text" name="user['name']" value="Your name" class="general-user user-name-style" /> <input type="text" name="user['phone']" value="Your phone number" class="general-user user-data" /> <input type="text" name="user['email']" value="Your email" class="general-user user-data right-user" />

Am I working around in a wrong way with arrays?

If $_POST['user']['name'] didn't exist, a warning/error would have been displayed. Your value is empty. — i.am.michiel
– i.am.michiel, Commented Oct 4, 2012 at 23:37
But when I print_r $_POST['user'], it shows me the value I submited "Your name", when I echo/print_r it directly, it shows nothing — steps
– steps, Commented Oct 4, 2012 at 23:42
@i.am.michiel, the code is as simple as this print_r($_POST['user']); //Displays things correctly print_r($_POST['user']['name']); //Nothing is shown — steps
– steps, Commented Oct 4, 2012 at 23:45
@i.am.michiel depending on error_reporting and display_errors, and it's only a notice. The default PHP config is rather unfriendly in this regard AFAIR. — Bugs
– Bugs, Commented Oct 4, 2012 at 23:48

Bugs · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-04 23:55:21Z

The apostrophes are included in the keys, i.e. you get "'name'" as opposed to "name".
Try $_POST['user']["'name'"]

To solve the problem, remove the apostrophes from your HTML code:

<input type="text" name="user[name]" value="Your name" class="general-user user-name-style" /> <input type="text" name="user[phone]" value="Your phone number" class="general-user user-data" /> <input type="text" name="user[email]" value="Your email" class="general-user user-data right-user" />

d1pr3d · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-04 23:41:49Z

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Check, maybe "name" has Cyrillic or other than regular Latin "a" or "e".

answered Oct 4, 2012 at 23:41

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