Getting selected values in multi select comobo box through PHP

**Jerry Stuckle** · Jan 15 '07, 03:15 PM

Re: Getting selected values in multi select comobo box through PHP

Mitesh wrote:

Hi,
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I have the following HTML code right now.
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Code:
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<td width="20%"><SE LECT NAME="cfg_input _global_report_ types" MULTIPLE >
<OPTION VALUE="BU" >Option1
<OPTION VALUE="BP" >Option2
<OPTION VALUE="BC" >Option3
<OPTION VALUE="BL" >Option4
<OPTION VALUE="BCC">Opt ion5
</SELECT></td>
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The form is submitted using POST method
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I know how to use the $_POST php function to get the
"cfg_input_glob al_report_types " variable
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$_POST["cfg_input_glob al_report_types "]
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But I don't know how the selected variables are formatted in the
$_POST["cfg_input_glob al_report_types "] variable. If anybody could show
me how the selected values are formated in the above variable it would
be great.
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Or if this method doesn't work at all or if there is a more easy way,
how can I get the selected values in my multiple select combo box.
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Thanx in advance.
>

Close. You need to use:

<SELECT NAME="cfg_input _global_report_ types[]" MULTIPLE >

Note the "[]" following the name. You then will get the selections in
an array.

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Getting selected values in multi select comobo box through PHP

Getting selected values in multi select comobo box through PHP

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