You are correct, and I must apologize.
In addition to the modifications below I added a pair of brackets
to the select clause:
<select name="item[]" >
After removing those the $_POST array looks much better
and I was able print the selected item using
echo "Selected item is: ".$_POST['item'];
Results now:
-----------------------------------------------
Using printr, $_POST array contains:
Array
(
[item] => select item 1
)
Selected item is: select item 1
-----------------------------------------------
Thank you very much for your responses and willingness to help one who is
just beginning
to learn how to use PHP. I am now on my way.
"John Nichel" <jnichel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4222A1B8.3030206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Gregg Nelson wrote:
> <snip>
> > Clicking on the submit button now produces:
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Request Method: POST
> > Using foreach loop, $_POST array contains:
> > Array
> > Using printr, $_POST array contains:
> >
> > Array
> > (
> > [item] => Array
> > (
> > [0] => select item 1
> > )
> >
> > )
> > -------------------------------------------------So what exactly does
this
> > mean?: $Post is an array thatconsists of one item that is also an
array,
> > that being the "item" array consisting of one entry containing the
select
> > string?If so, can I access the "item" array itself? I tried this in the
> > script but nothing was echoed:echo $item[0]
>
> No, that's not how it should be coming across. Not unless you modified
> your original form to send item as an array (like you would do if it was
> a multi-select). If your HTML form hasn't changed from how you have it
> below, and 'item' is still coming across as an array, you have a problem
> sowhere else.
>
>
> <original form?>
> >>>---------------
> >>><html>
> >>><form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post" >
> >>> <select name="item" >
> >>> <option value="select item 1" > item 1 </option>
> >>> <option value="select item 2" > item 2 </option>
> >>> </select>
> >>><input type=submit value="Submit">
> >>></form>
> >>>
> >>><?php
> >>>echo "Request Method: ".$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']."<br />";
> >>>
> >>>if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST"):
> >>> echo '$_POST array contains:'."<br />";
> >>> foreach ($_POST as $value) {echo $value."<br />";}
> >>>endif;
> >>>?></html>
>
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