First off, it's not really clear to me if you want the selected values from
a multiple select element, or just all of the values regardless of selection
state. In the case of the former (selected), you can just re-name your
multiple select element using this syntax:
<select name="manyselects[]" size="10" multiple="multiple">
That can be parsed/interpreted because it is already construed as an array
by PHP...
echo print_r($_POST['manyselects']);
In the case of the latter, you would have to implement a javascript
construct to loop through the select elements on the form before submittal
to collect the values. Perhaps something like the following...(untested)
The intention would be to get a comma separated string for all the
multiple-select option values. You could then perhaps assign that value to
a hidden form variable:
function processMultiples() {
var thisSelect;
var multiValues;
var theForm = window.document.forms[0];
for (var i = 0; i < theForm.length; i ++) {
if (theForm.elements[i].type == "select-multiple") {
thisSelect = theForm.elements[i];
for (var j = 0; j < thisSelect.length; j ++)
multiValues += thisSelect.options[j].value + ',';
}
}
// strip last comma
multiValues = multiValues.substr(0, multiValues.length - 1);
return multiValues;
}
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HTH,
DWilliams
"Logical" <lo***@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:bf************@ID-159445.news.uni-berlin.de...
I have a form which houses basic inputs, as well as a few multiple select
forms.
I need to parse all the 'values' which are in this multiple select form
(it gets manipulated dynamically client side). I wanted to create a function
that loops through all the form elements, and if the type
'select-multiple' is detected, gather the VALUES of each <option> inside it.
The bit I'm stuck on is then how to reconstruct this into a form
submission. Preferably I wanted the data from the 'select-multiple' element to be
submitted as comma delimited, eg 14,12,512,63,62 which would later be
parsed by PHP.
I was considering reconstructing a query string and submitting that as
GET, but I'd prefer to POST it along with the other data (such as INPUTS etc)
which do not need to be changed.
Can I somehow attach some 'hidden' type data onto the end of the form
submission at this point?
Thanks in advance
