Multiple choice in select-box

Anon

Hi,

A quick question - I got a form where I would like to include a select-box which allows multiple choices:

<select name="Test" size="5" multiple>
<option value="1">Value1</option>
<option value="2">Value2</option>
<option value="3">Value3</option>
<option value="4">Value4</option>
<option value="5">Value5</option>
<option value="6">Value6</option></select>

The problem is that I've not yet figured out how to take out all the selected choices into a variable.

I first thought the values would be put into a array and that I would be able to take it out with an foreach() loop but that doesn't work. Doing a foreach() loop on $HTTP_GET_VARS just yields the last value selected.

I just seem to be able to get the last value and not the rest.

Anyone being able to give a hand here?

Thanks in advance!

/Björn

proview

Hello,

Not sure what you are trying to do but this might help:
$option[1] = Your first variable;
$option[2] = Your second variable;
$option[3] = Your third variable;

Then you can keep track of all the variables in this array. Ther selected variable will be passed to the form you are posting to.

Anon

Actually what I've done is to import a form from an ASP page that our company uses on our Internet-site. They wanted me to keep the form as it was and one of the menus offer people to select multiple choices.

I will try your suggestions but isn't that actually just an array? If so I'm not sure it would work since I've tried to take out the variables via an array.

I set up the form as a GET form and looked at the resulting URL and it looks something like this:

blabla.php?Test=value1&Test=value2&Test=value3

And all I seem to be able to get out from it is the last value.

/Björn

terje-s

Name your select to Test[] instead of Test. That might help you out :>

brandonschnell

try something like this:

<BODY>

<FORM ACTION="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>">
<SELECT NAME="option_test[]" MULTIPLE>
<OPTION VALUE="one">One</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="two">Two</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="three">Three</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="Try It">
</FORM>

<?
if($option_test)
foreach($option_test as $value)
echo "Test: ", $value;
?>

</BODY>

Anon

Perfect! So I just had to add the [] to get the values into the array. Simple!

Thanks!!

/Björn