Retrieving full entry from multiple select list

[Shelly]

I have a list box with multiple selects. I define the name as numList[]. I
get the values from

$picked = $_POST['numList'];

It retrieves values for all those selected.

If the entries are, say,
First
Second
Third

and the first and third are select then $picked[0] has "First" and
$picked[1] has "Third".
If, however, the entries are:

First one
Second one
Third one

Then the values are for $picked[0] and $picked[1] are "First" and "Third"
respecticely.
How do I retrieve the entire value and not just the first word?

Shelly

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Retrieving full entry from multiple select list



Shelly wrote:[color=blue]
> If, however, the entries are:
>
> First one
> Second one
> Third one
>
> Then the values are for $picked[0] and $picked[1] are "First" and "Third"
> respecticely.
> How do I retrieve the entire value and not just the first word?[/color]

How are you determining what is in each entry?

If you do a
<?
echo '<pre>';print_r ($_POST);echo '</pre>';
?>
after entering your processing script, what do you see?

Ken

[Shelly]

Re: Retrieving full entry from multiple select list


"Ken Robinson" <kenrbnsn@rbnsn .com> wrote in message
news:1117493471 .919362.239190@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
>
>
> Shelly wrote:[color=green]
>> If, however, the entries are:
>>
>> First one
>> Second one
>> Third one
>>
>> Then the values are for $picked[0] and $picked[1] are "First" and "Third"
>> respecticely.
>> How do I retrieve the entire value and not just the first word?[/color]
>
> How are you determining what is in each entry?[/color]

$picked = $_POST['numList'];
[color=blue]
> If you do a
> <?
> echo '<pre>';print_r ($_POST);echo '</pre>';
> ?>
> after entering your processing script, what do you see?[/color]

I see:
Array
(
[numList] => Array
(
[0] => First
[1] => Third )

[filename] =>
[description] =>
[submit] => Delete Entries
)
[color=blue]
>
> Ken
>[/color]

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Retrieving full entry from multiple select list



Shelly wrote:[color=blue]
> "Ken Robinson" <kenrbnsn@rbnsn .com> wrote in message
> news:1117493471 .919362.239190@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=green]
> >
> >
> > Shelly wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> If, however, the entries are:
> >>
> >> First one
> >> Second one
> >> Third one
> >>
> >> Then the values are for $picked[0] and $picked[1] are "First" and "Third"
> >> respecticely.
> >> How do I retrieve the entire value and not just the first word?[/color]
> >
> > How are you determining what is in each entry?[/color]
>
> $picked = $_POST['numList'];
>[color=green]
> > If you do a
> > <?
> > echo '<pre>';print_r ($_POST);echo '</pre>';
> > ?>
> > after entering your processing script, what do you see?[/color]
>
> I see:
> Array
> (
> [numList] => Array
> (
> [0] => First
> [1] => Third )
>
> [filename] =>
> [description] =>
> [submit] => Delete Entries
> )[/color]

So what you see is what you got.

Next question: what does your form look like?

Ken

[Shelly]

Re: Retrieving full entry from multiple select list


"Ken Robinson" <kenrbnsn@rbnsn .com> wrote in message
news:1117495150 .800178.47870@o 13g2000cwo.goog legroups.com...[color=blue]
>
>
> Shelly wrote:[color=green]
>> "Ken Robinson" <kenrbnsn@rbnsn .com> wrote in message
>> news:1117493471 .919362.239190@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=darkred]
>> >
>> >
>> > Shelly wrote:
>> >> If, however, the entries are:
>> >>
>> >> First one
>> >> Second one
>> >> Third one
>> >>
>> >> Then the values are for $picked[0] and $picked[1] are "First" and
>> >> "Third"
>> >> respecticely.
>> >> How do I retrieve the entire value and not just the first word?
>> >
>> > How are you determining what is in each entry?[/color]
>>
>> $picked = $_POST['numList'];
>>[color=darkred]
>> > If you do a
>> > <?
>> > echo '<pre>';print_r ($_POST);echo '</pre>';
>> > ?>
>> > after entering your processing script, what do you see?[/color]
>>
>> I see:
>> Array
>> (
>> [numList] => Array
>> (
>> [0] => First
>> [1] => Third )
>>
>> [filename] =>
>> [description] =>
>> [submit] => Delete Entries
>> )[/color]
>
> So what you see is what you got.
>
> Next question: what does your form look like?[/color]

The list show:

First one
Second one
Third one

Shelly

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Retrieving full entry from multiple select list



Shelly wrote (in part):
[color=blue][color=green]
> > Next question: what does your form look like?[/color]
>
> The list show:
>
> First one
> Second one
> Third one[/color]

No, what I mean is how are you defining your form, i.e. the HTML code.

Ken

[Chung Leong]

Re: Retrieving full entry from multiple select list

Looks like someone forgot to put quotation marks around the value
attribute in the option tag...