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@NogDogSep 03.2006 — #
You need to give the SELECT element a name ending in "[]", then PHP will create an array of values:
Then in your PHP form-handler, in this example the selected values would be available in the $_POST['foo'] array, with $_POST['foo'][0] being the first item selected, etc.
Problems in recieving posted multi selection box.
Hi,
Hi have a multi selection box, more then one item is selected and the form is posted to the next page.
Now the problem is that I only have the last item selected on the new page.
How do I recieve the posted multi select box data on the nuw page? ?
Could somebody please help me.
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@NogDogSep 03.2006 — #the value should be an array.
<input type=multiselectthing name="multi">
etc..
$multi = $_REQUEST['multi'];
$selection1 = $multi[0];
$selection2 = $multi[1];
$selection3 = $multi[2];
$selection4 = $multi[3];
etc...[/QUOTE]
You need to give the SELECT element a name ending in "[]", then PHP will create an array of values:
<i>
</i><form action="handler.php" method="post">
<select name="foo[]" multiple="multiple">
Then in your PHP form-handler, in this example the selected values would be available in the $_POST['foo'] array, with $_POST['foo'][0] being the first item selected, etc.