I can get the Multiple selection to work for the sports field

Question

I am trying to process a form through POST method and i am having trouble with passing multiple selection field.

<label for="sport">Favourite sport: </label>
    <select id="sport" name="favsport[]" size="4" multiple>
        <option value="soccer">Soccer</option>
        <option value="cricket">Cricket</option>
        <option value="squash">Squash</option>
        <option value="golf">Golf</option>
        <option value="tennis">Tennis</option>
        <option value="basketball">Basketball</option>
        <option value="baseball">Baseball</option>
    </select>





$sportstr = $_POST["favsport"];
<p><strong> Favourite Sport = </strong> <?php echo "$sportstr"; ?></p>

`print_r($sportstr);` will reveal you are trying to echo an array...maybe a loop or an `implode()` is in order? — Rasclatt, Apr 26 '17 at 05:03
Possible duplicate of [Get $\_POST from multiple checkboxes](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4997252/get-post-from-multiple-checkboxes) — S4NDM4N, Apr 26 '17 at 05:18

Ahmed Ginani · Answer 1 · 2017-04-26T08:09:05.137

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It is because your field name is favsport[] and it give you array in php $_POST["favsport"] you are doing echo $sportstr variable it will give you Notice: Array to string conversion thats why you have to use print_r() function to print array. use below code it might be your solution.

$sportstr = $_POST["favsport"];
print_r($sportstr);

edited Apr 26 '17 at 08:09

answered Apr 26 '17 at 05:06

Ahmed Ginani

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This is what i am getting – Raveel Apr 26 '17 at 05:39
The following information was received from the user: name = Raveel Email = rav123 Post Address = 8 street print_r($sportstr); // Favourite Sport = Array Email List = Yes – Raveel Apr 26 '17 at 05:40
@TobySpeight Thanks for your suggestion – Ahmed Ginani Apr 26 '17 at 08:10

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '17 at 05:10

When you post the form with the multiple selection field favsport[] it is posted as an array:

array (
  'favsport' => 
  array (
    0 => 'cricket',
    1 => 'squash',
    2 => 'golf',
    3 => 'tennis',
    4 => 'basketball',
    5 => 'baseball',
  ),
)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '17 at 05:30

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When you are dealing with multiselect dropdown, then you can get its value like:

$sportstr = $_POST["favsport"];

here $sportstr is an array, so you have to use foreach() to access its all elements.

answered Apr 26 '17 at 05:30

Mayank Pandeyz

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I can get the Multiple selection to work for the sports field

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