Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8240: <select ... multiple> useless

On 13 Dec 2000 joel@qulit.com wrote: > From: joel@qulit.com > Operating system: Linux 2.4.0-test11 > PHP version: 4.0.3pl1 > PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request > Bug description: &lt;select ... multiple&gt; useless > > In the following example PHP would return just the last element of the selected options. > > <html> > <form action="<?php print $PHP_SELF; ?>" method="post"> > <select name="test" multiple> > <option>abc > <option>def > <option>ghi > </select> > </form> > </html> > <?php > var_dump ( $test ); > ?> > > If method="get" is used, then the problem can be solved by manually interpreting the > global variable $QUERY_STRING. But if you use the post method, then I can't see how it's > possible to use <select>'s multiple attribut. > > One nice solution would be if PHP could return the variable as an array automatically. No > problems with backwards compatiblity would occur since the multiple attribut has been impossible to > use anyway. > But to be sure noone will run into problems, maybe you guys could make it an option in php.ini? > (That is, to automatically create an array if a value is sent to the script several times via GET or > POST.) > > I'm really stuck here, since <select multiple> is the only solution to my problems, > and using the GET method is out of question. It's just too lame. > > Thanks in advance for any advice or comments. > Try: <select name="test[]" multiple> -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>