form url using & and []

[original89]

hi i have a form that uses an option list and when it is submitted it creates the URL that is to be searched on the only problem is that the url comes out wrong when the option with all the values is selcted, with the following example..

option one,two and three is the one i want to get working...

it should be
http://www.example.co.uk/example.html?type[]=one&type[]=two&type[]=three

but comes out as
http://www.example.co.uk/example.html?type%5B%5D%3D=one%26type%5B%5D%3Dtwo%26type%5B%5D%3D%26type%5B%5D%3Dthree

a single search works fine and gets the results.

http://www.example.co.uk/example.html?type%5B%5D=one

i have found that the problem is with the & and that it always ends up as %26

and this one works.

http://www.example.co.uk/example.html?type%5B%5D%3D=one&type%5B%5D%3Dtwo&type%5B%5D%3D&type%5B%5D%3Dthree

<form action="http://www.example.co.uk/example.html" method="get" name="example" >

<select name="type[]" ENCTYPE="enc-type">

<option value ="">View All Types</option>
<option value ="one">one</option>
<option value ="two">two</option>
<option value ="three">three</option>
<option value ="one&type[]=two&type[]=three">one,two and three</option>

</select>
<input type="submit" value="Search Properties!">
</form>

any ideas?

thanks

[crazychris]

The 'values' are being urlencoded, so use urldecode() or rawurldecode() to fix them up.

Or use 'checkboxes' or 'select multiple' instead of a single select.

[original89]

hi

Hi

Thanks, i am a bit of a novice here, ive been looking at this but dont seem to be making any progress, how exactly would i invoke the encode. would this work?

<?php

function urlencode

$url = urldecode('&type[]=');

echo "$url";

?>

then use the following rather than my original?

<option value ="<?phpfunction urlencode ?>one<?phpfunction urlencode ?>two<?phpfunction urlencode ?>three">one,two and three</option>

[original89]

no it doesnt but i think i am warm..

any ideas?

many thanks

[original89]

im going to use check boxes. 😮)