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kruptof · Oct 20th, 2006, 8:54 PM

hi

i seek advice in how to get all the values in a combo box into an php varaible if i use the post method then all i get is an single value, any help will be greatley appreciated.

thanks.

DaWei · Oct 20th, 2006, 9:03 PM

You don't show any code, buy my guess is that you need to change the name on the HTML page from name="name" to name="name[]". Ask me about my crystal balls.

kruptof · Oct 20th, 2006, 9:08 PM

okay thanx dawei i will try that.

so what about crystal balls?...lol....just kidding. actually i think i will try what you have suggested tommorow.

thanks

jsilver608 · Oct 22nd, 2006, 2:55 AM

is it a multi-select combo box?

matthewvb · Oct 22nd, 2006, 2:08 PM

array is the answer -- then cycle through the array based on its length to pull the values.

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All Combo Values into PHP VAR