how to pass 2 or more values in the select object ?

<form name=form1 action=process.php>
<SELECT NAME="toppings" MULTIPLE SIZE=5>
<OPTION VALUE="mushrooms">mushrooms
<OPTION VALUE="greenpeppers">green peppers
<OPTION VALUE="onions">onions
<OPTION VALUE="tomatoes">tomatoes
<OPTION VALUE="olives">olives
</SELECT>

</form>

when i select 2 or more items in the select object toppings, there is ONLY ONE value in the form1.toppings.value ie :- olives even if i select both onions and olives.

how do i pass all the selected values to process.php ?


Thanks.

What's happening is that "olives" is overwriting the value "onions" in your variable "toppings" because "toppings" can only contain one value at a time.

The solution is to use an array. Change your SELECT statement to look like this:

<SELECT NAME="toppings[]" MULTIPLE SIZE=5>

See PHP FAQ Section 5.9 -
http://www.php.net/FAQ.php3#5