Book example doesn't work here

[Charles]

I am trying the example of the book "Learning PHP5", here's an example
that doesn't work here. It's a simple array sent from a form, and I
want to display values sent, but if I select several meals from the
form, only the last one is displayed:

<form method="POST" action="eat.php">

<select name="lunch[ ]" multiple>

<option value="pork">BBQ Pork Bun</option>

<option value="chicken">Chicken Bun</option>

<option value="lotus">Lotus Seed Bun</option>

<option value="bean">Bean Paste Bun</option>

<option value="nest">Bird-Nest Bun</option>

</select>

<input type="submit" name="submit">

</form>

Selected buns:

<br/>

<?php

foreach ($_POST['lunch'] as $choice) {

print "You want a $choice bun. <br/>";

}

?>

On the book it says it should print all selected items. Here it
displays only the last one. I'm sure all are selected, because I hold
down the "Ctrl" key while selecting the options.
Any idea?
Thanks,

[ZeldorBlat]

Charles wrote:

I am trying the example of the book "Learning PHP5", here's an example
that doesn't work here. It's a simple array sent from a form, and I
want to display values sent, but if I select several meals from the
form, only the last one is displayed:

<form method="POST" action="eat.php">

<select name="lunch[ ]" multiple>

<option value="pork">BBQ Pork Bun</option>

<option value="chicken">Chicken Bun</option>

<option value="lotus">Lotus Seed Bun</option>

<option value="bean">Bean Paste Bun</option>

<option value="nest">Bird-Nest Bun</option>

</select>

<input type="submit" name="submit">

</form>

Selected buns:

<br/>

<?php

foreach ($_POST['lunch'] as $choice) {

print "You want a $choice bun. <br/>";

}

?>

On the book it says it should print all selected items. Here it
displays only the last one. I'm sure all are selected, because I hold
down the "Ctrl" key while selecting the options.
Any idea?
Thanks,

Remove the spaces in between the [ and ] in the <selectelement:

<select name="lunch[]" multiple>

[Charles]

ZeldorBlat wrote:

Remove the spaces in between the [ and ] in the <selectelement:

Thanks! Wow, a little detail, really :)

[Andy Hassall]

On 7 Sep 2006 10:54:16 -0700, "Charles" <la********@gmail.comwrote:

>I am trying the example of the book "Learning PHP5", here's an example
that doesn't work here. It's a simple array sent from a form, and I
want to display values sent, but if I select several meals from the
form, only the last one is displayed:

<form method="POST" action="eat.php">

<select name="lunch[ ]" multiple>

There should be no spaces between the [ and ], else you end up with a single
key consisting of that many spaces, instead of an array of values.

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