[RESOLVED] Unable to sort array

[1andyw]

My form input using jquery serialize gives this post result:
form input:

<form method="post" action="" id="task_setup">
<h2>Basic Structure</h2>
<dl><dt>Task Name</dt><dd><input type="text" id="taskname"name="taskname" value="Enter the name you wish to assign this task."></dd>
<dt>Task Goal</dt><dd><textarea id="taskgoal" name="taskgoal"></textarea></dd>
<dt>Notes</dt><dd><textarea id="tasknotes" name="tasknotes"></textarea></dd>
<dt>Task Start Date</dt><dd><input type="text" id="taskstart" name="taskstart" value="Enter Task Start Date"></dd>
<dt>Task Due Date</dt><dd><input type="text" id="taskdue" name="taskdue" value="Enter Task Due Date"></dd>
<dt>Task Team Member</dt><dd><div id="listoptions"></div></dd>
<dd><p style='text-align:center;'><input type='button' id='newtask' value='Submit' style='width:150px'></p>
<p style='text-align:center;'><input type='button' id='canceltask' value='Cancel' style='width:150px'></p></dd></dl>
</form>

The select options code:

<?php
mysql_select_db('local');
$fname=$_POST['fname'];
$rs="SELECT `firstname`,`lastname`,`company`,`mhalist`.`id` FROM mhalist 
JOIN pd_team ON `mhalist`.`id` = `pd_team`.`id` 
WHERE `pd_team`.`fname`='$fname' 
ORDER BY lastname";
$rss=mysql_query($rs);
echo "<select id='team_member' name='team_member' size='6' multiple><option selected>None Selected</option>";
WHILE($row=mysql_fetch_array($rss)){
$id=$row['id'];
$firstname=$row['firstname'];
$lastname=$row['lastname'];
$company=$row['company'];
echo <<<EOF
<option value='$id'>$firstname $lastname, $company</option>
EOF;
}
echo "</select>";
?>

This results in this post result:

fname	heading
taskdue	Jan 1, 2012
taskgoal	Testing Goal
taskname	Testing one
tasknotes	Testing Notes
taskstart	Jan 1, 2012
team_member	484
team_member	1
team_member	2
team_member	3
team_member	4

I attempt to echo the results using:

<?php
mysql_select_db('local');
$fname=$_POST['fname'];
$taskname=$_POST['taskname'];
$taskgoal=$_POST['taskgoal'];
$tasknotes=$_POST['tasknotes'];
$taskstart=$_POST['taskstart'];
$taskdue=$_POST['taskdue'];
$team_member[]=$_POST['team_member'];
echo "<p>" . $fname . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $taskname . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $taskgoal . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $taskstart . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $taskdue . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $team_member[0] . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $team_member[1] . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $team_member[2] . "</p>";
?>

but it returns:

heading

Testing one

Testing Goal

Jan 1, 2012

Jan 1, 2012

4

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Andy

[awbrowni30]

try this...

sort($_POST['team_member']);

foreach($_POST['team_member'] as $teammember){

echo $teammember.'<br>';

}

[1andyw]

Hi,

Copy & pasted the code and it returned this error:

Warning: sort() expects parameter 1 to be array, string given in C:..........newtask.php on line 20

Puzzling.

[johanafm]

<select id='team_member' name='team_member' size='6' multiple>

You can't have multiple selections and return only one value.

[1andyw]

Found it.

This line:

echo "<select id='team_member' name='team_member' size='6' multiple><option selected>None Selected</option>";

Should be:

echo "<select id='team_member' name='team_member[]' size='6' multiple><option selected>None Selected</option>";

;

Thanks to all for your help.

Andy