[bayside2004]

Hello,
I am looking for code that will accept data from a select list set to multiple. PRefer PHP but CGI in perl would be ok to.
Thanks,
ARt

[Acecool]

Here you go, free to use, modify etc, not to sell, Released under the ACL (Still writing it).

PHP Code:

<?php

// Copyright Acecool @ Acecoolco.com

if (isset($_POST['submit']))

{

    foreach ($_POST as $x => $y)

    {

        if (is_array($_POST[$x]))

        {

            foreach ($_POST[$x] as $v => $c)

            {

                echo "$x - $v - $c<br />";

            }

        }

        else

        {

            echo "$x - $y<br />";

        }

    }

}

?>

<br />

<form method="POST" method="zselect.php">

<select name="test[]" size="10" MULTIPLE>

<option value="test1">test1</option>

<option value="test2">test2</option>

<option value="test3">test3</option>

<option value="test4">test4</option>

<option value="test5">test5</option>

<option value="test6">test6</option>

<option value="test7">test7</option>

<option value="test8">test8</option>

<option value="test9">test9</option>

<option value="test0">test0</option>

</select>

<br />

<input type="submit" name="submit">

</form>

Now to explain:
If the form was submitted
Go through every single thing submitted

if form_name is an array (since we used [] for multi select support)
go through each key, and print out as form_name, key, value

else
Output as form_name, value

$x = Form_Name
$y = Form_Value
$v = Form_Key (For arrayed form types)
$c = Form_Key_Value, for arrayed form types.

[bayside2004]

Thanks for the quick responce,
This code looks good, but I need to send the data to a seperate php script which will in a loop save each data value into a MYSQL table. If you could elaborate on additional steps I may need, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Art

[Acecool]

You could edit $x, $y, $c, $v dynamically, then generate a query to insert it.

You could also take this part:

PHP Code:

        if (is_array($_POST[$x])) 

        { 

            foreach ($_POST[$x] as $v => $c) 

            { 

                echo "$x - $v - $c<br />"; 

            } 

        } 

and change the $x part to the multi select field, so when its submitted, it will go through each value submitted, then you could do something like..

$Output = FALSE;

REPLACE:
foreach ($_POST[$x] as $v => $c)
with
$i = FALSE;
foreach ($_POST[$x] as $v => $c)

Replace echo "$x - $v - $c<br />";
with
$Output .= $c;
$i++;
if ($i < count($_POST[$x] - 1))
{
// Insert comma space if not at the end of the thing..
$Output .= ', ';
}

..

How exactly is this multi select setup?
Do you want to insert it into 1 column (above code)
or multiple rows, muliple columns?

[bayside2004]

I have 4 selection lists, I was planning on using individual rows for each list, but if I can find a split function like Perl, I like to place them in one row with the multiple values in each cell. I will research it more, but do you know the split fnction in php?
Thanks,
art