Re: Passing array to function

Surround your variables with {} curly braces. -- Scott Carr OpenOffice.org Documentation Maintainer http://documentation.openoffice.org/ Quoting Bill Hudspeth <wbhk@unm.edu>: > I am trying to write a function that builds a multiple-choice drop down > list. As such, I need to specify an array in the name attribute of the > <select> tag. I am trying to pass a parameter to the function which gets > used as this name attribute, but seem to be having problems with the square > brackets. In the example below, I would like to submit the $elementname > variable to a function, but can't get it to take the '[' and ']' characters. > My resultant $_POST[] variable is empty. Any hints? > > > > > > HARD-CODED VERSION > > > > echo "<select name='cgroup_1[]' multiple size='5'>"; > > echo "<option value = '$chon_group_a[1]' > selected>$chon_group_a[1]</option>"; > > echo "<option value = '$chon_group_a[2]'>$chon_group_a[2]</option>"; > > echo "<option value = '$chon_group_a[3]'>$chon_group_a[3]</option>"; > > echo "<option value = '$chon_group_a[4]'>$chon_group_a[4]</option>"; > > echo "</select>"; > > > > //the $chon_group_a is a locally defined array that does not seem to be > causing any problems > > > > DESIRED FUNCTION VERSION > > > > $elementname="cgroup_1[]"; > > $elementsarray=$chon_group_a; > > PrintOptionBox($elementname,$elementsarray); > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/