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Sending Multiple ListBox Selection to PHP

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  3 years ago

  by tatterdemalion78

  tatterdemalion78

  , United States

  Joined 3 years ago
  Hi,
  How do I write the code in PHP to collect the multiple selected data from a listbox in HTML? Here is my code for the listbox:
  
    <select name="select" size="1" multiple>
      <option value="first">first</option>
      <option value="second">second</option>
      <option value="third">third</option>
      <option value="fourth">fourth</option>
      <option value="fifth">fifth</option>
    </select>
  
  Now, the PHP info is going to an email. All other fields in my HTML form end up in the email except the listbox. How do I write the code in PHP?
  
  Thanks!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  3 years ago

  by pjlewis

  Paul Lewis

  , United Kingdom

  Joined 3 years ago
  You need to set an "id" for each list item, and this id needs to be unique for each one. Hence, your code would become:
  
  <select name="select" size="1" multiple>
      <option id="first" value="first">first</option>
      <option id="second" value="second">second</option>
      <option id="third" value="third">third</option>
      <option id="fourth" value="fourth">fourth</option>
      <option id="fifth" value="fifth">fifth</option>
    </select>
  
  Then, to select that data, you simply use $POST, thus:
  
  $first = $POST["first"];
  $second = $POST["second"];
  
  and so forth...
  
  Hope that helps,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  3 years ago

  by tatterdemalion78

  tatterdemalion78

  , United States

  Joined 3 years ago

  Hi, thanks for your quick reply. I added the PHP code to my PHP file, but I got this error:
  
  Parse error: parse error, unexpected '\"', expecting TSTRING or TVARIABLE or TNUMSTRING in accmail2.php on line 9
  
  
  
  Here is my exact HTML code:
  
  <select name="select" size="5" multiple>
                    <option id="SINGLE1" value="SINGLE1">SINGLE 1</option>
                    <option id="SINGLE2" value="SINGLE2">SINGLE 2</option>
                    <option id="SINGLE3" value="SINGLE3">SINGLE 3</option>
                    <option id="DOUBLE1" value="DOUBLE1">DOUBLE 1</option>
                    <option id="DOUBLE2" value="DOUBLE2">DOUBLE 2</option>
                    <option id="DOUBLE3" value="DOUBLE3">DOUBLE 3</option>
                    <option id="DOUBLE4" value="DOUBLE4">DOUBLE 4</option>
                    <option id="DOUBLE5" value="DOUBLE5">DOUBLE 5</option>
                    <option id="TRIPLE1" value="TRIPLE1">TRIPLE 1</option>
                    <option id="TRIPLE2" value="TRIPLE2">TRIPLE 2</option>
                    <option id="TRIPLE3" value="TRIPLE3">TRIPLE 3</option>
                    <option id="MULTIPLE1" value="MULTIPLE1">MULTIPLE 1</option>
                    <option id="MULTIPLE2" value="MULTIPLE2">MULTIPLE 2</option>
  </select>
  
  And here is my exact PHP code:
  
  Apartment:
  $SINGLE1 = $POST["SINGLE1"];
  $SINGLE2 = $POST["SINGLE2"];
  $SINGLE3 = $POST["SINGLE3"];
  $DOUBLE1 = $POST["DOUBLE1"];
  $DOUBLE2 = $POST["DOUBLE2"];
  $DOUBLE3 = $POST["DOUBLE3"];
  $DOUBLE4 = $POST["DOUBLE4"];
  $DOUBLE5 = $POST["DOUBLE5"];
  $TRIPLE1 = $POST["TRIPLE1"];
  $TRIPLE2 = $POST["TRIPLE2"];
  $TRIPLE3 = $POST["TRIPLE3"];
  $MULTIPLE1 = $POST["MULTIPLE1"];
  $MULTIPLE2 = $POST["MULTIPLE2"];\n\n
  
  What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  3 years ago

  by paulfp

  Paul Freeman-Powell

  Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Joined 7 years ago

  Something you should note is that you can't any longer just put "multiple" in your tag, as that's invalid XHTML - all attributes and properties must be correctly qualified.

  Therefore you have to do this: multiple="multiple"

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  3 years ago

  by pjlewis

  Paul Lewis

  , United Kingdom

  Joined 3 years ago

  Sorry, I think what I told you before was wrong. You need to add an "id" tag to the form, not to each individual entry. Then, when you post the form, you use $POST["FormName"] to get that information back. So, using your code (modified slightly though):
  
  

  <form id="MyForm" name="MyForm" method="post" action="accmail2.php">
  <label>Please select one of the following options:</label>
  <select name="select" size="5" multiple="multiple">
      <option value="SINGLE1">SINGLE 1</option>
      <option value="SINGLE2">SINGLE 2</option>
      <option value="SINGLE3">SINGLE 3</option>
      <option value="DOUBLE1">DOUBLE 1</option>
      <option value="DOUBLE2">DOUBLE 2</option>
      <option value="DOUBLE3">DOUBLE 3</option>
      <option value="DOUBLE4">DOUBLE 4</option>
      <option value="DOUBLE5">DOUBLE 5</option>
      <option value="TRIPLE1">TRIPLE 1</option>
      <option value="TRIPLE2">TRIPLE 2</option>
      <option value="TRIPLE3">TRIPLE 3</option>
      <option value="MULTIPLE1">MULTIPLE 1</option>
      <option value="MULTIPLE2">MULTIPLE 2</option>
  </select>
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  If the user selects, for example "Double 5", then setting
  

  $MyFormListVariable = $POST["MyForm"];

  should set $MyFormListVariable to "Double5"
  
  You can of course then go on to use value checking:
  
  

  If $MyFormListVariable == "DOUBLE5" THEN
      { ...
      } ELSE {
      }
  
  
  

  type of thing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  2 years ago

  by pradnyeshmk

  Pradnyesh Kadam

  , India

  Joined 2 years ago
  You can find solution here,
  
  http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-4012.html
  
  all the best !
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  4 months ago

  by cnrez

  Chandra Adriansyah

  Jakarta, Indonesia

  Joined 4 months ago

  hello people,

  why not used [ ] in your HTML:

  HTML :

      <body>
      <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
        <select name="select[]" size="10" multiple="multiple" id="select[]">
          <option value="1">2313123</option>
          <option value="2">53534534</option>
          <option value="3">523523523</option>
          <option value="4">44234234</option>
        </select>
        <input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Submit" />
      </form>
      </body>
      </html>
  

  PHP :

              <?php
              if (isset($_POST['select'])) {
                    $az = $_POST['select'];
                    foreach ($az as $a) 
                   {
                       echo $a;
                    }
              }
  
              ?>
  

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