ok i no the basics of php as i have been looking at in for about a month now but i cant seem to work this out i have a form like

<form name="Voting2006" method="POST" action="toscriptpage" title="Voting 2006">
//used to be able to find the other name fields.
<input type="hidden" name="required" value="groupButton, food" />
//what ever name fields the user wonts
<input type="text" name="food" Value="it works" />
<input type="text" name="groupButton" Value="barrattTyGlas" />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Register my vote" />
</form>

which posts to this code

$required = $_POST['required'];
$require = split(",",$required);
foreach($require as $values){
  $value = preg_replace('/[\\ \-_\/]/', '', $values);
  echo $_POST[$value];}

which works and displays the two users inputs on the screen but what i wont to do is sent this in an email so i tryed

$required = $_POST['required'];
$require = split(",",$required);
foreach($require as $values){
  $value = preg_replace('/[\\ \-_\/]/', '', $values);
  $fields = "$_POST[$value]<br />";}
mail(all information you need filed in correct);

then for the email body i added the $fields Where i wonted it but it only sends the last input input value in this case being "it works" im geussing im going the wrong way about this.
so after seaching around i havent really found anything which will allow this have play with arrays a little but have had no luck so if someone could point me in the right direction that would be great.As im not 100% shore on another way i might be able to do this.

hope this is clear thanks in advance
mark

$fields is just a variable not an array so you are changing it each time round the loop. and at the end it will just be set to the last value.

if you want it to be an array then you need to do something like:

$i=0;
foreach($require as $values){
  $value = preg_replace('/[\\ \-_\/]/', '', $values);
  $fields[$i] = "$_POST[$value]<br />";
  $i++;
}

or else to just have 1 big string you could do:

foreach($require as $values){
  $value = preg_replace('/[\\ \-_\/]/', '', $values);
  $fields .= "$_POST[$value]<br />";
}

bluenose thank you very much i cant belive it was something as simply as that really.

but htanks again at least i no now

cheers
mark:D