select form

Hi,

in my html-File i have a select form:

select name="Categories" size="10" multiple
option value="id1" Chinese /option
option value="id3" Main dish /option
option value="id2" Salad /option
option value="id4" Dessert /option
/select

it's a multiple form so the user can select several statements.

My question: how can i access this form in php and find out which options were selected?

Thanks,
Chris.

Hi Chris,

Name the select element "Categories[]" instead of "Categories"

Then in your PHP script, you will have a variable called $Categories that will be an array containing all of the selected items:

while (list ($iKey, $sVal) = each ($Categories)) {
  if ($sVal == "id2") {
    ...
  }
}

-- Christopher

[This message has been edited by scollo (edited April 28, 2000).]

Hi Christopher,

thanks for your help!

Christoph.