Is there a way to get multiple values for a single input in a form submission?

this is what I am trying to do: On a web form I might have a select input with multiple selections enabled, however I want to have access to the list within PHP after submission. <select multiple='true' name='myselect'> <option value='1'>1</option> <option value='2'>2</option> </select> so when this is submitted, I can see in the $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA that myselect is submitted twice... ...&myselect=1&myselect=2&... However, the $_POST array only has the last value eg. $_POST['myselect'] == '2' This makes sense because the last value is assigned to the key 'myselect'. Is there a function or alternate way that will get an array back from the post-back without parsing through the $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA (which is not always available since the php.ini file can turn it off)? TIA -MS