checkboxes

I have checked numerous threads, and can not find my ansywer.
I have a mysql database full of computer assets broken down by my schools.
When the techs display that school, for example:
1]school name: teacher name:room:building:brandsELETE[]
2]school name: teacher name:room:building:brandsELETE[]
3]school name: teacher name:room:building:brandsELETE[]
4]school name: teacher name:room:building:brandsELETE[]

If they check on checkbox 1 and 3, that is what I want to delete from MYSQL.
It delete the first two, not 1 and 3.
I have tried using isset, is_array. It still will not work correctly. I am posting this array to another PHP program, that either updates, adds, or deletes records. I can delete 1 and 3 fine, if I set up a text box and check for the value 'Y'. I don't want a textbox, I want a check box, to make it easier. checkboxes are very confusing.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank You
Susan

I've dealt with Checkboxes in PHP before... The way I organized it was but setting the value for the check field to the respective index in the table...

For example:
<input type="checkbox" name="field[]" value="1"> Item 1
<input type="checkbox" name="field[]" value="2"> Item 2

Then to handle it in php, i used a foreach on $_GET['field']

may i see the code plz

My code?

to handle the multiple checkboxes, I used this:

not yours =[...his

lol... oh...
oh well... i see this topic come up a LOT in the forums... might as well have my code out there for others to enjoy =)

perhaps sevans can use it...

Thank you for your help. I took your sugguestion, then added some. I came across this tibit of infomation:

HTML Forms only send the value of a checkbox when the checkbox is checked, otherwise it's like not having the checkbox on the form at all. Keep this in mind when you're updating a record and the checkbox is not checked.

It then dawned on my what you where referring to:
For example:
<input type="checkbox" name="field[]" value="1"> Item 1
<input type="checkbox" name="field[]" value="2"> Item 2
So, what I did was :
<input type="checkbox" name="field[]" value='$count'
because each query search will result in a different number of rows being displayed, I set
$count=1; then $count+=1; until completed displaying. When I post the data, I then check to see what values where passed, and then I know which row I am deleting.
Thanks again for your help.