Re: Multiple select form: is it possible passing javascript variable to PHP?

Greetings, Eager! At 04.08.2000, 11:03, you wrote: EI> I have an html multiple select form and I would like to pass the selected EI> values into PHP variable and insert the values into MySQL. But when I submit EI> the values, I got something like: EI> name.php3?select_name=1&select_name=2&select_name=4 ::rolling up eyes:: man, this was in PHP manual! use <select name="some_array[]"> EI> but I don't know how to pass the value into PHP variable. Can these EI> javascript variables be passed into PHP or Is there way to work around it? I EI> know the problem can be solved if I use check boxes or radio buttons but I EI> must use <select multiple> in my website (the multiple select form is EI> generated by javascript menu swapper). if you use javascript to generate this <select>, you can use javascript to do a workaround like this: function option_compress(box, field) { field.value = ""; for (var i=0; i<box.options.length; i++) { if (i>0) field.value += ","; if (box.options[i].selected) { field.value += box.options[i].value; box.options[i].selected = false; } } } <input type="submit" onclick="option_compress(this.form.select_name, this.form.some_hidden_field); return true;"> -- Yours, Alexey V. Borzov, Webmaster of RDW