note 35882 deleted from language.variables.external by didou

Note Submitter: dbradfor@nwlink.com ---- PHP will not translate a POSTed select-multiple field on an HTML form into an array in the corresponding $_POST variable unless the form field name attribute includes array-like square-bracket syntax. (e.g. "name=beer[]"). Unfortunately this can cause infuriating problems in pre-existing JavaScript code which is not designed for bracketized field names. Here is a JavaScript hack to help get over the frustration of that questionable PHP design decision: Declare a JavaScript function similar to the following hack, and execute it using the form's onSubmit event handler: <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- function phpPrepareForm() { for ( i=0; i < document.forms[0].length; i++ ) { if (document.forms[0].elements[i].type=="select-multiple") { namebrackets=document.forms[0].elements[i].name + "[]"; document.forms[0].elements[i].name=namebrackets; } } } //--> </SCRIPT> I don't know how cross-browser compatible it is but it seems to work for me.