Passing Mutliple values to php (dropdown boxes)

grungy28

Hi all!

I am absolutely new to php and html but have somehow managed to set up a system with an html Form that emails results to me using a php script.
I am stuck with a problem. I have a dropdown box where a client can choose a value which is passed on to me with other details in an email. (works fine when a single value is chosen).

How can I enable multiple values selection and passing all those values by my php script to me? I think I need to use an array of some sort but for the life of me I don't know how to do this!

I don't want to choose checkboxes because they take too much space.
Could anyone pleaseeeeeeee help!
Please find relevant portions of the code below (html)

<form>
<select name="timeslot" MULTIPLE= yes>
<option value="July 9 Monday 9:00 a.m">July 9 Monday 9:00 a.m</option>
<option value="July 9 Monday 10:00 a.m">July 9 Monday 10:00 a.m</option>
<option value="July 9 Monday 11:00 a.m">July 9 Monday 11:00 a.m</option>
<option value="July 9 Monday 12:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 12:00 p.m</option>
<option value="July 9 Monday 12:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 12:00 p.m</option>
<option value="July 9 Monday 13:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 13:00 p.m</option>
<option value="July 9 Monday 14:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 14:00 p.m</option>
<option value="July 9 Monday 15:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 15:00 p.m</option>
<option value="July 9 Monday 16:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 16:00 p.m</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="Send"/>
</form>

devinemke

<?php
if (!isset($_POST['submit']))
{
	echo '
	<form action="" method="post">
	<select name="timeslot[]" MULTIPLE="yes" size="9">
	<option value="July 9 Monday 9:00 a.m">July 9 Monday 9:00 a.m</option>
	<option value="July 9 Monday 10:00 a.m">July 9 Monday 10:00 a.m</option>
	<option value="July 9 Monday 11:00 a.m">July 9 Monday 11:00 a.m</option>
	<option value="July 9 Monday 12:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 12:00 p.m</option>
	<option value="July 9 Monday 12:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 12:00 p.m</option>
	<option value="July 9 Monday 13:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 13:00 p.m</option>
	<option value="July 9 Monday 14:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 14:00 p.m</option>
	<option value="July 9 Monday 15:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 15:00 p.m</option>
	<option value="July 9 Monday 16:00 p.m">July 9 Monday 16:00 p.m</option>
	</select>
	<input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="Send"/>
	</form>
	';
}
else
{
	if (isset($_POST['timeslot']))
	{
		echo 'you chose the following ' . count($_POST['timeslot']) . ' timeslot(s):<br><br>';
		echo implode('<br>', $_POST['timeslot']);
	}
	else
	{
		echo 'you did not chose any timeslots';
	}
}
?>

grungy28

Hi Devin,
thanks so much for taking the time out to reply.
Do you think I just need to change the echo command to mail, so there are additional values that the php script would email me rather than echo it (or both, if possible?)
and if this is the main structure of my php file, where does the loop (to handle mutliple selections, go?).
Also, how does one echo back everything (kind of a confirmation+thankyou page?)
Thanksssssss so much!!

devinemke

$messageproper = 'This message was sent from:' . "\n" . 
$http_referrer . "\n" . 
'------------------------------------------------------------' . "\n" . 
'Name of sender: ' . $name . "\n" . 
'Email of sender: ' . $email . "\n" . 
'Experiment Choice: ' . $expchoice . "\n" . 
'Time slot(s) chosen: ' . implode("\n", $timeslot);

grungy28

Hey Devin,
incorporated your changes....the script stopped working! 🙁
Maybe I made some colossal mistake on the way!
Help!
See anything suspicious? Do I need to make some changes in my html as well?

if (!isset($POST['submit'])) || (isset($POST['timeslot']))
{
echo 'you chose the following ' . count($POST['timeslot']) . ' timeslot(s):<br><br>';
echo implode('<br>', $POST['timeslot']);
}
else
{
echo 'you did not choose any timeslots';
}

$messageproper = 'This message was sent from:'."\n" .
$http_referrer . "\n" .
'------------------------------------------------------------' . "\n" .
'Name of sender: ' . $name. "\n" .
'Email of sender: ' . $email. "\n" .
'Experiment Choice: ' . $expchoice . "\n" .
'Time slot(s) chosen: ' . implode ("\n", $timeslot);

devinemke

you are never calling the [man]mail[/man] function

laserlight

You removed the mail() call when you incorporated the suggested changes. The changes were basically to separate the mail() call from the string.

grungy28

Sorry....guys....this followed the previous code. It doesn't work with multiple values for my timeslot variable. So I did call the mail function....
Any ideas?

mail($mailto, $subject, $messageproper,
"From: \"$name\" <$email>" . $headersep . "Reply-To: \"$name\" <$email>" ..........
exit ;