Multiple drop down box selects

I need to process a form that has a multiple select drop down box in it ( <select name="statusselect" size="1" multiple> ). How do I process this in PHP so that I can see all of the options that the user chose?

See,, once you submit your multiple drop down menu.the values will be passing separated with ",".

eg:
<select name="statusselect" size="5" multiple>
<option value="one">one</option>
<option value="two">one</option>
<option value="three">one</option>
</select>

the $statusselect variable will be holding a value "one,two". if i select one and two.

You can separate this value using explode() function.

$values=explode(",",$statusselect);
// this returns an array of strings containing the elements.

then you can simply play around this array
($values).

Hope this may help you to sort out your problem.




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SR -
shiju.dreamcenter.net

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge..."

I've tried that but all that gets passed to my php program is the last value that I select from the multiple box. The multiple box I'm using is as follows:

<select name="statusselect" size="1" multiple>
<option value="All" selected>All</option>
<option value="Cancelled">Cancelled</option>
<option value="Completed">Completed</option>
<option value="In Progress">In Progress</option>
<option value="On Hold">On Hold</option>
<option value="Proofing">Proofing</option>
</select>

When I select "Cancelled" and "In Progress" the statusselect variable only contain "In Progress".

I'm using IE - does this make a difference?

Try treating the select variable like an array. That's how I process my lists.

Sidenote: I had problems like you until I put the processing into a function to which the select varaible was actually passed.... e.g. pass the variable to a function before you access it.

Try treating the select variable like an array. That's how I process my lists.


yes,
you can do that .

just try the following..

<select name="statusselect[]" size="5" multiple>
<option value="All" selected>All</option>
<option value="Cancelled">Cancelled</option>
<option value="Completed">Completed</option>
<option value="In Progress">In Progress</option>
<option value="On Hold">On Hold</option>
<option value="Proofing">Proofing</option>
</select>


Retrieve the value like following..

<?php

$count=count($statusselect);

for ($a=0; $a<$count; $a++) {
echo $statusselect[$a];
}
?>



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SR -
shiju.dreamcenter.net

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge..."

I spotted my problem - I had not included the [] characters after the variable name. Now it works like a dream.

Thanks for your help guys.