// find out how many records there are to update
$size = count($_POST['Name']);

// start a loop in order to update each record
$i = 0;
while ($i < $size) {
// define each variable
$Name= $_POST['Name'][$i];
$id = $_POST['id'][$i];
$area = $_POST['area'][$i];
$url = $_POST['url'][$i];

// do the update and print out some info just to provide some visual feedback

$query = "UPDATE `links` SET `Name` = '$Name', `url` = '$url',`area` = '$area' WHERE `id` = '$id' LIMIT 1";
mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query");
print "<table align='left'>
<tr><td width='250' align='left'>$Name</td>
<td width='400' align='left'><a href='$url'>$url</a></td>
<td width='200' align='left'>$area</td>
</tr>
</table><br><br />";
++$i;
}
mysql_close();
?>