Arrays within HTTP_POST_VARS?

[Anon]

Hi all,

Hopefully I'm missing something obvious here that someone can point out.

I've got a multi-select list box on a form that submits back to the same page. I want to repopulate the listbox with the selected values, but HTTP_POST_VARS only seems to store the last value that was selected. Quick example: if I have a box with values A,B,C,D,E; and I select A,B,D; the value stored for that listbox will be D.

So, is it possible for a value in HTTP_POST_VARS to be an array, and if so, how do I coerce all the values out of that array?

[junebug]

yes, there can be arrays within the HTTP_POST_VAS array. the problem is probably in you html

in your select tag, be sure that the name of the select box is an empty array. like this:

name="selectbox[]"

also make sure in the select tag you include the word "multiple" so you might have something like this:

<select name="selectbox[]" size="10" multiple>

give that a try and see if it works.

[Anon]

That was exactly it - I didn't have the '[]' appended to the form element name. Thanks for your help!