Arrays

[julian_chamberl]

Hi, I have a page that has a multi select form on it. I want to be able to get and store the results like

1:12.2:13.3:19

The 12, 13, 19 being the value of the selection. How do I do this easily? I need it to loop and the . being the divider.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Regards

Jules

[dalecosp]

A multi-select should put an array inside the $POST array. I suppose in order to get the format you want, you'd run a loop with a counter variable (1,2,3, etc.), create a new array with the counter as key and the value from the $POST array as the value, and then call [man]implode/man on it using "." as the glue ...

But, curious ... what is the application, and why exactly, does it need it exactly this way? It looks an awful lot like a [man]serialize[/man]d() PHP array, which would be almost "automagic" to create.

HTH,

[sneakyimp]

This problem sounds most easily solved if you define the values in your multi-select properly. If I recall correctly, submitting a multi-select will not communicate the index-values of the items you have selected in the multi-select, just their values. You'll therefore need to set the VALUE attribute of your multi-select to have the x:y values you are looking for.

I would encourage you to create a multi-select, choose a few options, and then set the form's action to submit to a page like this:

var_dump($_REQUEST);
die();

You should be able to get an idea of what is being submitted to your form handler.