Problem with Post of Multiple Select Data

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  • thelma@uwm.edu
    #1

    Problem with Post of Multiple Select Data

    I'm running php 4.4.7 on a Mac.

    I'm trying to include a select control that allows multiple selections
    in a form. I can show a form with pre-selected multiply selected
    items, but when I try to post these only the item with the highest
    index in the array of selections survives.

    This is the partial result of print_r($HTTP_P OST_VARS):

    Array ( [hidden_ndx] =9 [hidden_itemID] =5.00000 [hidden_system]
    =MPROP [searchstr] =[afdom] =Employment [afds] =Added [afiv]
    =Adequate measure [submit] =Filter

    On my screen [afdom] showed both Health and Employment as
    selected, [afds] showed Derived and Added as selected.

    What am I doing wrong?

    thanks, --thelma

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    • Jerry Stuckle
      #2
      Re: Problem with Post of Multiple Select Data

      thelma@uwm.edu wrote:
      I'm running php 4.4.7 on a Mac.
      >
      I'm trying to include a select control that allows multiple selections
      in a form. I can show a form with pre-selected multiply selected
      items, but when I try to post these only the item with the highest
      index in the array of selections survives.
      >
      This is the partial result of print_r($HTTP_P OST_VARS):
      >
      Array ( [hidden_ndx] =9 [hidden_itemID] =5.00000 [hidden_system]
      =MPROP [searchstr] =[afdom] =Employment [afds] =Added [afiv]
      =Adequate measure [submit] =Filter
      >
      On my screen [afdom] showed both Health and Employment as
      selected, [afds] showed Derived and Added as selected.
      >
      What am I doing wrong?
      >
      thanks, --thelma
      >
      >
      Sorry, my crystal ball is in the shop, so I can't see your code. So I
      have absolutely no idea what you're doing - much less what you're doing
      wrong.

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        • larry@portcommodore.com
          #3
          Re: Problem with Post of Multiple Select Data

          You need to capture as an array...

          <select name="afdom[]" multiple size="4">

          Why not use checklists, they are much easier (on the user) to select
          then those nasty option lists.

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            • thelma@uwm.edu
              #4
              Re: Problem with Post of Multiple Select Data

              larry@portcommo dore.com wrote:
              : You need to capture as an array...

              : <select name="afdom[]" multiple size="4">

              : Why not use checklists, they are much easier (on the user) to select
              : then those nasty option lists.

              Thank you, for both the correction and the suggestion. I've
              done very little with HTML and I'm new to php [although the
              php seems easier than the HTML].
              --thelma

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                • AnrDaemon
                  #5
                  Re: Problem with Post of Multiple Select Data

                  Greetings, larry@portcommo dore.com.
                  In reply to Your message dated Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 08:19:48,
                  You need to capture as an array...
                  <select name="afdom[]" multiple size="4">
                  Why not use checklists, they are much easier (on the user) to select
                  then those nasty option lists.
                  20+ choices checklist looks insane and distracts user attention.


                  --
                  Sincerely Yours, AnrDaemon <anrdaemon@free mail.ru>

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