script below.

When posting the form with the array variables, the 
receiving function 'loses' the first 4 characters of posted 
information, whether numbers or letters.

-----start script-----
<?

$ZONES=10;

function saveInventory() {
	$counter=1;
	foreach($GLOBALS[date] as $x) {
		print "Date Array Item $counter: $x<br>";
		$counter++;
	}
	
	addInventory();
}

function addInventory() {
	global $ZONES;

	//number of inventory slots to show at a time.
	$maxslots=20;
	
	print "
	<form method=post action='test.html?action=saveinventory'>
	<table border=0>
		<tr>
		<td><b>Date</b></td>
		<td><b>Time Slot</b></td>
		<td><b>Zone</b></td>
		<td><b>Inventory</b></td>
		</tr>";
		
	for($x=1;$x<=$maxslots;$x++) {
		print "
		<tr>
		<td><input type=text name='date[$x]' size=11 maxlength=
10></td>
		<td><select name='time[$x]'>
		<option value='10am to 12pm'>10am to 12pm
		<option value='12pm to 2pm'>12pm to 2pm
		<option value='2pm to 4pm'>2pm to 4pm
		<option value='4pm to 6pm'>4pm to 6pm
		<option value='6pm to 8pm'>6pm to 8pm
		</select></td>
		<td><select name='zone[$x]'>";
		for($y=1;$y<=$ZONES;$y++) {
			print "<option value='$y'>Zone $y";
		}
		print "</select></td>
		<td><input type=text name='inventory[$x]' size=3></td>
		</tr>";
	}
	print "
		<tr>
		<td colspan=4><input type=submit value='Save Inventory'><
/td>
		</tr>
	</table>
	</form>";
}

switch($action) {
	case "saveinventory":
		saveInventory();
		break;
		
	default:
		addInventory();
		break;
}

?>
-----end script-----


----configure line----
'./configure' '--with-apxs' '--with-mysql' '--with-gd' '--
with-png-dir=/usr/lib' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib' '--with-
freetype-dir=/usr/lib' '--enable-trans-sid' '--with-xml' '-
-enable-wddx' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-mbstr-enc-
trans' '--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--with-zlib-dir=/
usr/lib' '--enable-bcmath' '--with-curl'