How PHP $_POST gets the multiple values from a HTML form?

[RC]

I am try test a simple HTML form with PHP

<form method=POST action="testing.php">
Cat <input type="checkbox" name="pet" value="cat">
Dog <input type="checkbox" name="pet" value="dog">
Pig <input type="checkbox" name="pet" value="pig">
<br>
<select name="dates" multiple>
<option value="Monday">Monday</option>
<option value="Tuesday">Tuesday</option>
<option value="Wednesday">Wednesday</option>
<option value="Thursday">Thursday</option>
<option value="Friday">Friday</option>
<option value="Saturday">Saturday</option>
<option value="Sunday">Sunday</option>
</select><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<input type="reset" value="Reset">
</form>

When I checked cat, pig and selected Tuesday and Saturday from the form
and click submitt

My testing.php is

<?php
$pet = $_POST['pet'];
$dates = $_POST['dates'];

print_r($pet);
var_dump($dates);
?>

The $_POST['pet'] and $_POST['dates']
are NOT return as array nor multiple
strings seperated with a comma.
It only return the LAST string I have
checked and/or selected.

How do I get the multiple values from the
checkbox and the multiple select from a
HTML form in PHP?

Thank Q very much in advance!

[RC]

RC wrote:

I am try test a simple HTML form with PHP

<form method=POST action="testing.php">
Cat <input type="checkbox" name="pet" value="cat">
Dog <input type="checkbox" name="pet" value="dog">
Pig <input type="checkbox" name="pet" value="pig">
Never mind, I found the solution
In HTML file form need to changed to

Cat <input type="checkbox" name="pet[]" value="cat">
Dog <input type="checkbox" name="pet[]" value="dog">
Pig <input type="checkbox" name="pet[]" value="pig">
<br>
<select name="dates" multiple>
and need to changed to
<select name="dates[]" multiple>

<option value="Monday">Monday</option>
<option value="Tuesday">Tuesday</option>
<option value="Wednesday">Wednesday</option>
<option value="Thursday">Thursday</option>
<option value="Friday">Friday</option>
<option value="Saturday">Saturday</option>
<option value="Sunday">Sunday</option>
</select><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<input type="reset" value="Reset">
</form>

When I checked cat, pig and selected Tuesday and Saturday from the form
and click submitt

My testing.php is

<?php
$pet = $_POST['pet'];
$dates = $_POST['dates'];
Then in PHP need to changed to

$pet = array($_POST['pet']);
$dates = array($_POST['dates']);
print_r($pet);
var_dump($dates);
?>

[Chris]

On Wed, 18 May 2005 09:34:36 -0400, RC <ra**********@nospam.noaa.gov>
wrote:
Try amending the slect tag to include a set of square brackets after
the name like this:

<select name="dates[]" multiple>

That should then give you the selected elements in an array.

hth

C

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Wed, 18 May 2005 09:43:32 -0400, RC wrote:

Then in PHP need to changed to

$pet = array($_POST['pet']);
$dates = array($_POST['dates']);

No way dude, remove the array(), then $pet will still be an array
because $_POST['pet'] is. By the way, no need to use a local variable
like $pet, you could just use $_POST['pet']. Try print_r($_POST);
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