Using SELECT and MULTIPLE in a form

From: Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 03:29:30 +0000
Subject: Using SELECT and MULTIPLE in a form
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I am displaying a form using values obtained from a database query. One of the elements contains about 20 different values. I want the use to be able to select multiple values before pressing submit. This seems to work, but when my php script is called, all I see is the last data value assigned to the variable. I could use a pointer. Here is a code snippet: echo "<TR>\n"; echo " <TD>Task Description</TD>\n"; echo " <TD><SELECT NAME='in_task_descr' MULTIPLE SIZE=4>\n"; for ($j = 0; $j < $tskcount; $j++) { echo "<OPTION VALUE=\"$taskdescr[$j]\">$taskdescr[$j]</OPTION>\n"; } echo " </SELECT>\n"; echo " </TD>\n"; echo "</TR>\n\n"; The above code adds a list to the form and the user can highlight more than one entry. How do I access the data after the user presses submit? -- Jim Kaufman mailto:jmk@linuxforbusiness.net Linux Evangelist cell: 612-481-9778 public key 0x6D802619 fax: 952-937-9832 http://www.linuxforbusiness.net

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