Re: Multiple Selection.

On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:43, toto wrote: > the solution is javascript-based rather than php-based. > > Just put this code....and when you submit, the value you'll process > stored in variable hidden_list_selected. each value selected are > separated by comma delimiter. > > <html> > <head> > <script language="javascript"> > function insert(thisObject){ > thisForm = eval("document.frmInput"); > thisForm.hidden_list_selected.value = ""; > > // flag to put comma as separate variable for each selected > category flag_first = true; > > for(counter=0;counter<thisObject.options.length;counter++){ > if(thisObject.options[counter].selected){ > if(flag_first) > flag_first = false; > else > thisForm.hidden_list_selected.value+= ","; > thisForm.hidden_list_selected.value+=thisObject[counter].value; > } > } > } > </script> > </head> > <body> > > <form name="frmInput" method="post" > action="testAction.php"> > <select name="sel_category" multiple size="4" > onChange="javascript:insert(this);"> > <option value="Fruit">Fruit</option> > <option value="vegetables">Vegetables</option> > <option value="fish">Fish</option> > </select> > <input type="text" name="hidden_list_selected" value=""> > <input type="submit"> > </form> > </body> > </html> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BeeBoo [mailto:im_lymab@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 11:42 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Multiple Selection. > > > If i'm going to let users select multiple choices from a list in a > form, let say the part in the form is like this: > > <select name="category" multiple size="4"> > <option value="Praise">Fruit</option> > <option value="Worship">Vegetables</option> > <option value="Fellowship">Fish</option> > </select> > > what code should i put in the submit part of the php to collect the > multiple inputs? I tried array, but it seems not working. Please help. > > Thanks. > I think you need to name the list as an array thus: <select name="category[]" multiple size="4"> Then your receiving script can parse category as an array of the chosen elements. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA