A supposedly *REALLY* simple thing but its driving me bonkers!!!

[thepez]

I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to get the results of a Multiple Select BOX from a FORM and output them in PHP, can someone plllllleeeeeaassse help me with this before my computer ends up in the trash can. Thanks.

:mad:

[frigidman]

Square brackets are your friend 😃

HTML:

<SELECT NAME="stuff[]" MULTIPLE SIZE=5>
<OPTION VALUE="1">1
<OPTION VALUE="2">2
<OPTION VALUE="3">3
<OPTION VALUE="4">4
</SELECT>

PHP:

for ( $n = 0; $choice = $stuff[$n]; $n++ ) {
echo "Picked: ".$choice;
}

[Richard_Buehler]

I have a select with the State names and 2 digit codes. With the code in this thread I get duplicate entries.

If I select AK & AL the dtata passed to the PHP script is

States[0] = "AK"
States[1] = "AL"
States[2] = "AK"
States[3] = "AL"
States[4] = null.

Why do I get a double selection?

[frigidman]

Good question. I have no idea. Maybe post your actual code? Because that is not normal behavior.

[Richard_Buehler]

If you change from Post to Get it resolves the problem.