Posted by Erwin Moller on 12/18/66 11:50

dude wrote:

> i'll try to be short ... i have this in html :
>
> <select name="OS[]" size="5">
> <option value="0" selected>Please select one or more...</option>
> <option value="1">Windows</option>
> <option value="2">Mac OS X</option>
> <option value="3">Linux</option>
> </select>
>
> and i want to echo the values from this simple list (OS), i mean array
> from $_GET array ...
>
> i did this:
>
> foreach($_GET as $i => $val)
> echo $i . ": " . $val . "<br>";
>
> but, it only echoes out OS: Array ...
>
> and this: echo $_GET['OS'][1]."<br>\n"; but it is wrong ...
>

> how to extract values from OS array inside te GET ? please help ...

Hi,

Your select is not an array, but a simple value, since only 1 can be
selected.
So if you want to know what was selected, just use:
<select name="OS" size="5">

and from PHP: $_GET["OS"]

Of course this means the method of the form was GET and not POST, in which
case you should use $_POST["OS"]

I think you are confusing checkboxes with select.
For checkboxes you can use:
<input type="checkbox" name="myval[]" value="1">1<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="myval[]" value="2">2<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="myval[]" value="3">3<br>

then from PHP:
$myvalArr = $_POST["myval"];

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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