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With a <select multiple> item on a form, since HTTP_POST_VARS is an assoc. array I only get 1 item.

Jul 4th, 2001 08:34
Joachim Klinkhammer, Paul Coldrey,


add brackets to the field name
<select name="myselect[]" multiple> ... </select>
and you get an array myselect in the HTTP_POST_VARS
more dimensions are possible, too:
<select name="myselect[one][]" multiple> ... </select>
<select name="myselect[two][]" multiple> ... </select>
<select name="myselect[three][]" multiple> ... </select>