> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Rhodes [mailto:stephen.rhodes@;scils.co.uk]
> Sent: 12 November 2002 16:32
> 
> Wanting to use <select multiple ... > in a html form and pass 
> multiple value
> into a php variable but does
> not work. I only get a single value. Can you tell me what I 
> am doing wrong
> ?????

You're not telling PHP to expect multiple values -- this is done by putting array 
brackets [] on the end of the field name.

> 
> Does the multiple value get passed correctly in php ????

Yes.

>     <select multiple name="icon">

Needs to be:

      <select multiple name="icon[]">

and $_POST['icon'] will be an array of the selected values.

Cheers!

Mike

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