RE: [PHP-DB] Passing multiple form variable in PHP
| From: | Ford, Mike [LSS] | Date: | Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:40:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] Passing multiple form variable in PHP | ||
| Groups: | php.db | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Rhodes [mailto:stephen.rhodes@scils.co.uk]
> Sent: 12 November 2002 16:32
>
> Wanting to use <select multiple ... > in a html form and pass
> multiple value
> into a php variable but does
> not work. I only get a single value. Can you tell me what I
> am doing wrong
> ?????
You're not telling PHP to expect multiple values -- this is done by putting array brackets []
on the end of the field name.
>
> Does the multiple value get passed correctly in php ????
Yes.
> <select multiple name="icon">
Needs to be:
<select multiple name="icon[]">
and $_POST['icon'] will be an array of the selected values.
Cheers!
Mike
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