Thanks Joel, I have a talent to complicate matters. I found it with the pointer you gave me on serialize, very, very simple indeed:
PHP Code:
$tplayer1 = serialize($_POST['predplayer1']);
Serializing them to put them in database was easy. Unserializing them is fine too. However placing those values in their boxes and checking off the proper checkboxes is no picnic. this image is the page the member gets if he wants to edit the values. Putting the score is a piece of cake, but the section below... geeeeeeeee!!!!!!