Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5047: FAQ Question 7.9

At 11:54 PM 6/14/00 +0000, toss@sea-ware.com wrote:

From:             toss@sea-ware.com

Operating system: IRIX

PHP version:      4.0.0 Release
PHP Bug Type:     Documentation problem

Bug description: FAQ Question 7.9 In the FAQ page at your web site, question 7.9 asks "How do I get all the values from a SELECT MULTIPLE HTML tag?" There is no answer to this question...in fact, there is an answer 7.9, but it is for a completely unrelated question (by the way... I need the [missing] answer to question 7.9!)

I can't help with getting the faq updated. However, to get all of the values from a select multiple tag, all you need to do is place a pair of brackets after the value in the name attribute for the select tag. After the form submission, all of the selected values from the select box will be present in an array. i.e. <pre> <form action="<?=$PHP_SELF ?>" method="post"> <select name="multiple_select_box[]" multiple>

        <option>One</option>
        <option>Two</option>
        <option>Three</option>

</select> </form> <? var_dump ($multiple_select_box); ?> HTH, Zak Greant Creative Director Nucleus Information Service Inc. "I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp: I know what I ought to do, but I don't know where to begin." - Stephen Bayne