thanks your reply,Matthew.
2008/5/3 Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> -- Jacky Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> (on Saturday, 03 May 2008, 03:54 PM +0800):
> > I add an select element to the Zend_Form,like this,
> >
> > $course = new Zend_Form_Element_Select('course[]');
> > $form->addElement($course);
> >
> > And,the name of the course element would be course,not course[],except
> that i
> > set the multiple attribute of the element to true. But i won't this
> style of
> > multiple select, i would like to multiple select elements.
> >
> > Example:
> > > i want the style of multiple select like this:
> > <select name="course[]">
> > <option value="value">course option></option>
> > ......
> > </select>
> > <select name="course[]">
> > <option value="value">course option</option>
> > ......
> > </select>
> >
> > > not the style of this:
> > <select name="course[]" multiple="multiple">
> > <option value="value">course option</option>
> > ......
> > </select>
> >
> > Then i look for the code,and i found that in the setName() method of
> > Zend_Form_Element class, it call the filterName() method with default
> value of
> > false to $allowBrackets parameter,then it always filter out the
> brackets.
>
> This functionality is setup so that iteration and overloading work.
>
> For what you want, you should use a sub form, and attach your various
> select elements to that subform; that way they will be namespaced and
> you can fetch all values as an array.
>
> Another option is to create a custom element that creates all of the
> selects; in the subclass set the '_isArray' property true, which will
> ensure that the name has the '[]' appended when you pass the values to
> the form helpers.
>
> --
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney
> Software Architect | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/
>
