problem with submitting values multiple select

[bvdveen]

Hi Bert,

Yes, that's exactly it: PHP requires you to enter [] characters at the end of the name attribute value in order to let the server know to expect multiple values. e.g.

Code:

<select name="myfield[]" multiple size="5"> ... </select>

But within Form Tools, the form name field should just be "myfield" (no square brackets).

This is again an odd PHP-ism.

So you've tried this without any luck?

- Ben

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your always so quick answer. I really like the way you treat messages in general....a compliment!

However...(as you might expect...;-).

First of all I do not use PHP (yet) in the form I mentioned. I do not (yet) make use of the Form Tools API. I only use HTML and rsv.js. Part of the rules (of in total 197 rules!) I apply follows below:

rules.push("required,date1,vul de datum in.");
rules.push("required,mw,hoe heet je?");
rules.push("required,pr_AZ,projectnaam goed invullen.");
rules.push("required,wrks_cat1,kies een werksoort.");

pr_AZ is a select box where users can pick a letter from the alfabet.
This triggers a javascript that via an array produces a list in a field 'pr_naam' : a multiple select box where users can select more values (with Ctrl) starting with the letter (A-Z) from 'pr_AZ'.

Problem is that those values do not appear within form tools.

Now:

1. where exactly do I make sure the field value has [] brackets?
2. in the rule? in the form field name? and how am I sure that within form tools the right field value(s) appear(s)?
3. Could the javascript used to automatically trigger the list in 'pr_naam' be the cause of the problem?

In the body part the code goes:

<select name="pr_AZ" id="pr_AZ" onChange="pr_AZ_OnChange()" class="selectAZ"><option value=""></option><option value="A">A</option><option value="B">B</option><option value="C">C</option><option value="D">D</option><option value="E">E</option><option value="F">F</option><option value="G">G</option><option value="H">H</option><option value="I">I</option><option value="J">J</option><option value="K">K</option><option value="L">L</option><option value="M">M</option><option value="N">N</option><option value="O">O</option><option value="P">P</option><option value="Q">Q</option><option value="R">R</option><option value="S">S</option><option value="T">T</option><option value="U">U</option><option value="V">V</option><option value="W">W</option><option value="X">X</option><option value="Y">Y</option><option value="Z">Z</option></select>
<select id="pr_naam" name="pr_naam" class="selectmultiple"><option value=""></option></select></li>



I hope to have provided you with enough information to go on.

Thanks again in advance!


Bert.

I retried the form submission using brackets and now it produces (,,) as values....