[PHP-WIN] Array from drop down list passing as string

[Charles Williams \( CEO ACNS \)]

I have a drop down list that is passing the value "Array" back to the
script.  Any ideas why?  Here is the code.

        function dump_array($array_name){
            switch (gettype($array_name)){
                case 'integer':
                case 'double':
                case 'string': echo "it's a string";
                     echo $array_name;
                     break;
                case 'array':
                     echo '<table border="1">\n';
                     do {
                         echo '<tr><td align="left" valign="top">';
                         echo key($array_name);
                         echo '</td><td>';
                         dump_array($array_name[key($array_name)]);
                         echo '</td></tr>';
                    } while (next($array_name));
                    echo '</table>';
                    break;
                default:
                        echo 'Unknow data type.';
                        break;
              }
          }


 /*
 ** Associate with departments.
 */
 if ($continueScript)
 {  dump_array ($inputDepartment);
  for($index = 0; $index < count($inputDepartment); $index++)
  {

   $Query = "INSERT INTO department_item VALUES (";
   $Query .= intval($inputDepartment[$index]) . ", ";
   $Query .= intval($item);
   $Query .= ")";
   if(!mysql_query($Query, $DatabaseLink))
   {
    $ActionResults[] = mysql_errno() . ": " . mysql_error() .
     "   Query was: $repeatQuery";
    $continueScript = FALSE;
   }
  }
 }

returns "This is a string Array",  The drop down list is below.

<TR><TD>Department</TD>
<TD><SELECT NAME="inputDepartment[]" MULTIPLE SIZE="5">
<OPTION VALUE="1">PC Hardware </option>
<OPTION VALUE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;CPUs/Processors </option>
<OPTION VALUE="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;Printers </option>
<OPTION VALUE="5">&nbsp;&nbsp;Input Devices </option>
<OPTION VALUE="15">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mouse </option>
<OPTION VALUE="6">&nbsp;&nbsp;Monitors </option>
<OPTION VALUE="7">&nbsp;&nbsp;Modems </option>
<OPTION VALUE="8">&nbsp;&nbsp;Multimedia </option>
<OPTION VALUE="9">&nbsp;&nbsp;Scanners </option>
<OPTION VALUE="10">&nbsp;&nbsp;Cases </option>
<OPTION VALUE="11">&nbsp;&nbsp;Mainboards </option>
<OPTION VALUE="12">&nbsp;&nbsp;Memory </option>
<OPTION VALUE="13">&nbsp;&nbsp;Harddrives </option>
<OPTION VALUE="14">&nbsp;&nbsp;CDRom Drives </option>
<OPTION VALUE="2">PC Software </option>
<OPTION VALUE="16">Notebooks </option>
<OPTION VALUE="17">Network Hardware </option>
</SELECT>
</TD></TR>

Thanks,
Chuck



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Charles Williams
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Accent Computer & Network Services
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