Re: multiple select form elements question

Ravi, I am doing exactly the same kind of form processing and getting the desired results (apache 1.3.22!). > Unless you really know what you are doing, I would suggest not using > Apache2 yet. Apache2+PHP is really not fully baked at this point. > > Downgrade to the stable Apache1 and this will work as you expect. > > -Rasmus > > On Thu, 9 May 2002, ravi wrote: > > > > > hello, > > > > i am a PHP newbie and i am stumped by the problem below and > > would appreciate any thoughts: > > > > if i am submitting my HTML form to a PHP script, i am asked to do > > something like the below, for multiple selection elements: > > > > HTML file: > > > > <form action="test.php" method="post"> > > <select name="testvar[]" multiple> > > <option>opt1</option> > > <option>opt2</option> > > <option>opt3</option> > > <option>opt4</option> > > <option>opt5</option> > > </select> > > <br> > > <input type="submit"> > > </form> > > > > then, in my test.php i am supposed to be able to access these > > form elements using the $_POST global. that works for non- > > -multiple choice elements, but for multiple choice elements such > > as the above the values are repeated! > > > > for example, if i chose "opt1" and "opt2" above, and in the PHP > > script i access it as below: > > > > $_POST['testvar'] > > > > then the array that is returned by the above access has 4 elements > > not 2! > > > > count($_POST['testvar']) => 4 > > $_POST['testvar'] => ('opt1', 'opt2', 'opt1', > > 'opt2') > > > > sometimes things get even worse with the value of a hidden > > element being added to one of these arrays! > > > > could it be the browser messing up on encountering the '[]'? i have > > tested on mozilla-1.0rc1 and netscape-4.7. i am running apache2 > > with php4 on freeBSD 4.3. > > > > any ideas? > > > > thanks, > > > > --ravi > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -Pushkar S. Pradhan