Pass Multiple options from Form to Mail()

[mvhall]

Hi All,
I've just tried to make a form and have a selection list where the user can select more than one option. The variable is 'product' and when I call the variable in the php page that sends the mail using Mail() it only shows the last choice. Which sounds logic to me but I am looking for some code to include all choices.

$message = $_post['product'];
mail([e-mail],"product info", $message, $header);

The $header is elsewhere defined.
Can anyone help with a tutorial or some simple code?
Cheers,
Maurice

[matto]

hi!

if you can select multiple options, it's either a "select box multiple" or several check boxes.

be sure the html has got distinct values set. in case of selectbox, make the input name an array.

<select name="product[]" multiple size=5>
<option value=1>first product</option>
<option value=2>second product</option>
<option value=3>third product</option>
</select>

now evaluate like this:

$products_selected = $_POST['product'];

if(is_array($products_selected))
{
  for($i=0; $i<count($products_selected); $i++);
  {
    //... processing goes here
    echo "product number ".$products_selected[$i]." has been selected ...<br>";
  }
}
else
{
  echo "you selected NOTHING.";
}

with checkboxes it's similar. you can name them

first product <input type=checkbox name=product[] value=1><br>
second product <input type=checkbox name=product[] value=2><br>
third product <input type=checkbox name=product[] value=3>

and process the same way.

by specifying "product[]" as the name, you make sure that php gets the selected ids in form of an array (enumerated from 0...n). however, if the user doesn't select anything, "nothing" (with no structure as well) is returned, and therefore you should check whether $product is an array before you loop through it.

[mvhall]

Hey Matto,
You're a star! Thanks

[mvhall]

Oops just tested it and found a small typo.
For others who want to use this very usefull code:

$products_selected = $_POST['product'];

if(is_array($products_selected))
{
  for($i=0; $i<count($products_selected); $i++) // remove the ; from the original code
  {
    //... processing goes here
    echo "product number ".$products_selected[$i]." has been selected ...<br>";
  }
}
else
{
  echo "you selected NOTHING.";
}

It works great.