Re: Why does this happen?

Hey Ernest. This looks like the solution I'll need to make my CF interface work in PHP. I'll check it out. Thanks! --Noah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest E Vogelsinger" <ernest@vogelsinger.at> To: "CF High" <noah@newminddesign.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Why does this happen? > At 04:52 09.02.2003, CF High said: > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > >In this test form when I submit and insert into my db, only the last select > >field get entered; i.e. in this case the day value of 25. > > > ><form name="form1" method="post" action=""> > > > >Year > ><select name="date" onSelect="return check_submit()"> > > <option selected value=2002>2002</option> > ></select> > > > >Month > ><select name="date"> > > <option selected value=12>12</option> > ></select> > > > >Day > ><select name="date"> > > <option selected value=25>25</option> > ></select> > > > ><input type="submit" name="textfield"> > > > ></form> > > > >Why does this happen? In Cold Fusion I'm able to refer to the three selects > >as #date# and it returns 20021225 as expected. > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > > I don't know much about CF, but in plain HTML as you show here you have 3 > different form input (select) fields sharing the same name. Thus the > browser will transmit only one of the three input (select) fields upon > submit (it is undefined which field will be sent, but most browsers will > transmit the last value). > > Maybe CF fiddles around with the element names, PHP doesn't. You could e.g. > format the 3 elements to transmit an array, something like this: > > <form name="form1" method="post" action=""> > Year > <select name="date[Y]" onSelect="return check_submit()"> > <option selected value=2002>2002</option> > </select> > Month > <select name="date[M]"> > <option selected value=12>12</option> > </select> > Day > <select name="date[D]"> > <option selected value=25>25</option> > </select> > <input type="submit" name="textfield"> > </form> > > In your receiving script you would have an associative array named "date" > in the $_REQUEST structure: > > $date_received = $_REQUEST['date']; > $year = $date_received['Y']; > $month = $date_received['M']; > $day = $date_received['D']; > > HTH, > > > -- > >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger > (\) ICQ #13394035 > ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ > >