RE: [PHP] Why does this happen?

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ernest E Vogelsinger [mailto:ernest@vogelsinger.at] > Sent: 09 February 2003 14:39 [OP snipped] > 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). No, that's not true. The browser will transmit them all -- it's up to whatever's receiving the POST to decide what to do with the duplicates. ColdFusion obviously glues them together, whereas PHP ignores all except the last. > <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']; That's one way to do it. Personally, I'd just name the fields date_year, date_month and date_day -- using an array here seems like unnecessary complexity. I'd save arrays for when I really need them -- like if I have a multi-row form where each row has year/month/day fields. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211