PJ wrote:
> I'm sure this has been hashed over and over on the web, only I can't
> find anything that makes sense or the explanations given have been
> erroneous.
> This is what I am trying:
> <select name="($categoriesIN).'[]'" multiple>
> <OPTION>Choose Categories...</option>
> <OPTION VALUE="1">History
> <OPTION VALUE="2">Temples
> <OPTION VALUE="3">Pharaohs and Queens
> <OPTION VALUE="4">Cleopatra
> <OPTION VALUE="5">Mummies
> </SELECT>
> for ($i = 0; $i < count($_POST['categoriesIN']); $i++)
> echo $categoriesIN[$i];
>
> OR SHOULD IT BE: <select name="$categoriesIN[]" multiple size="5">
>
> BUT NEITHER WORKS. I have tried print_r, while, and other off the wall
> stuff I found on the Weird Warped Web! It's unreal how much crap there
> is out there... :-(
>
> I understood that the input from a select dropdown box was an array...
> OK, so how do I retrieve the array and verify what was entered? I
> suppose if I could verify, then I should be able to retrieve and INSERT etc.
> As I delve deeper into this the more I know the "horseman knew her" ... :-)
> Please elucidate, enlighten me from my erring ways ...
>
Well, well, well... somehow I manged to get it right...:
<select name="categoriesIN[]" multiple size="5">
<option>Choose Categories...</option>
<option value="1">History
<option value="2">Temples
<option value="3">Pharaohs and Queens
<option value="4">Cleopatra
<option value="5">Mummies
</select>
if(!empty($_POST['categoriesIN'])){
foreach( $_POST['categoriesIN'] as $key => $value)
{
echo "key = $key and value = $value<br>";
}
}
Now, how do I send these values to an INSERT statement?
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