Posted by shimmyshack on 05/03/07 07:13

On May 3, 5:45 am, tks...@gmail.com wrote:
> How can I determine the values of a listbox, both unselected or
> selected after submitting the form:
>
> Code:
>
> <select name="sel1" size="10" multiple="multiple">
> <? PHP code populates listbox ?>
> </select>
>
> Do I have to use Javascript to determine the contents, like in the
> pseudo code Javscript below. But how would you pass the Javascript
> return value to PHP?
>
> Code:
>
> function listBoxContents(sel1)
> {
> var selLength1 = sel1.length;
> var valuesPresent1 = new Array(sel1.length-1);
> var i;
> for(i=0; i<=selLength1-1; i++)
> {
> valuesPresent1[i]=sel1.options[i].valueOf();
> }
>
> return valuesPresent1;
>
> }

if you form uses POST just use
<?php
print_r($_POST['sel1'])
?>
to see the array you get when you select certain options in the form
assuming yur markup is correct you will get values. your php code for
the options in the drop down might have the values for each option
like so, assuming a loop of some kind:
$dropdown = '';
$dropdown .= '<option value="' . $value[$i] .'">'.$value[$i].'</
option>'."\n";

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