HTML input checkbox value as a php array

Question

I need to have an multidimensional array as the value of a checkbox kind of like the following.

Any alternatives that will get the same result would be helpful.

<input type="checkbox" name="courses[][coursecode]" value="array("coursecode"=>"MG30012","year"=>"13")" />

Array

Array ( [0] => Array ( [coursecode] => FGB-NNE-MP [year] => 14 ) [1] => Array ( [coursecode] => NUV-PGE-NS [year] => 15 ) )

Answer 1

Yes, I can see why you might want an alternative.

I would suggest that you have a single dimensional array, and pass an easily parsable string to it.

For instance:

<input type="checkbox" name="courses[]" value="MG30012_13" />

And then in your php:

<?php
$courseValues = array(); //multimensional array;

foreach($_POST['courses'] as $course) {
    $courseValues[] = explode('_', $course);
}

?>