Post array from html to php

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Im pretty new to php programing but im trying to pass the values from a multislect object im html to some code in PHP that will then email the listed people

However the vairable passed via post appears to only be the last item selected

How do you pass something as an array?

html code:

<li id="li_6" >
            <label class="description" for="Names[]">Employees who should be added to this charge code: (Hold CTRL to Multi Select)</label>
            Malav, Nancy, Filiz, CJ are added by default and not on the list
            <div>
                <select name="Names" multiple>  
                    <option value="[email protected]">Bi,Gilbert</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Bor,Jeff</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Bt,Ivan</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Caos,Sheryl</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Car,Raymond</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Cs,Dale</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Cles,Cathy</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Cl,Lori</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Cons,Renee</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">ine,Cassandra</option>
                    <option value="[email protected]">Ctt,Pamela</option>
</select>
            </div> 
        </li>

Php Code:

<?php
// Read POST request params into global vars
    $from = "[email protected]";
    $title = $_POST[Title] ;
    $mname = $_POST[ManagerName];
    $memail = $_POST[ManagerEmail];
    **$names= $_POST['Names']; <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<**
    $other = $_POST[element_4];

    print $email;
    $to = "[email protected]" + $memail;
    $message ="Title: $title \r\nManager: $mname\r\nManager email: $memail\r\n" ;
    $headers = "From: $from";
    $today = date("m/d/Y");
    $ok = @mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

    echo "Your email has been sent! Please confirm with Malav if you do not receive a confrimation email in 2 hours";
?>

aziz punjani · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-18 13:38:06Z

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To pass it in as an array of values, add square brackets to the name attribute of your select element..

<select name="names[]" multiple="multiple">

Then you can iterate over the values in php.

foreach ( $_POST['names'] as $selectedOption )

edited Jan 18, 2013 at 13:38

answered Jan 8, 2013 at 22:55

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case1352 · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-08 22:57:44Z

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foreach ($_POST['Names'] as $selectedOption)
    echo $selectedOption."\n";

answered Jan 8, 2013 at 22:57

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abelvf · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 13:48:35Z

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when I use this:

foreach ( $_POST['names'] as $selectedOption )

and I insert in the database "$selectedOption" appear in the database this:

on

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 13:48

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