Multiple Select

[lividsp]

I am having trouble getting data from a multiple select menu in my form. When I submit my results all I get is the last of the highlighted vales in the menu.

Do I have to stuff these in an array somehow?

I thought that the html "select" tag submitted all the values if you add the multiple feature to it.

Thanks!

[bladx]

What does your code look like?

[lividsp]

the form_test.php just echoes the menu_list variable, and regardless of how many values are highlighted, it only echoes the bottom most value highlighted in the menu.

<form name="form1" method="post" enctype="text/plain" action="form_test.php">
<select name="menu_list" size="10" multiple>
<option value="1">asdfsf</option>
<option value="2">asfasdaas</option>
<option value="3">asdasd</option>
<option value="4">asdss</option>
<option value="5">sdsfggge</option>
<option value="6">asdasdsdf</option>
<option value="7">asdffgss</option>
<option value="8">sadasas</option>
<option value="9">asdssd</option>
<option value="10">asads</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

[lividsp]

I guess my question might be better asked:

how does the html form pass multiple selected items from a list, and are the any other specific things you need to set besides the "multiple" atribute in the <select> tag.

I have tried to see if it created an array out of the <select> "name" attribute, but that did not work either.

[MrAlaska]

Have you tried naming the select name="menu_list[]" ?

I think that will turn it into an array and allow you to grab multiple values from it.

[bladx]

It will ... sorry to get back to you with help earlier (lunch break)

<?php
if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
	for ($x=0; $x<sizeof($_POST["menu_list"]); $x++) {
		echo $_POST["menu_list"][$x]."<br>";
	}
} else {
?>

<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF] ?>"> 
<select name="menu_list[]" size="10" multiple> 
	<option value="1">a</option> 
	<option value="2">b</option> 
	<option value="3">c</option> 
	<option value="4">d</option> 
	<option value="5">e</option> 
	<option value="6">f</option> 
	<option value="7">g</option> 
	<option value="8">h</option> 
	<option value="9">i</option> 
	<option value="10">j</option> 
</select> 
<input type="submit" name="submit"> 
</form>

<?php
}