Multi-select to Array

php arrays select get multiple-select

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Solution 1

//this should be $_GET['colors'][0]
echo $_GET[$colors[0]]," is your first color.";   

//the , is wrong, you need to use . (point)
echo $_GET[$colors[0]]," is your first color."; 

//Delete the $
if(isset($_GET["$colors"])){  

//it's $_GET['colors']
for($colornum=0; $colornum<count($_GET["$colors"]); $colornum++){    
    //Here you need to use $_GET['colors'][$colornum]
    echo $_GET[$colors[$colornum]]," ";    
}

To output an array use print_r() instead of echo:

print_r($_GET["colors"]);

Solution 2

Try this,

<form method="POST">
   <select multiple="yes" name="colors[]">
       <option value="1"> 1 </option>
       <option value="2"> 2 </option>
       <option value="3"> 3 </option>
       <option value="4"> 4 </option>
       <option value="5"> 5 </option>
   </select>
</form>
<?php
  $selected_colors = $_POST['colors'];
  foreach($selected_colors AS $key=>$values)
  {
     echo $values.",";
  }
?>

Solution 3

The $_GET is presented as an array at this point and you are not referencing the key correctly, it is a string and not a variable see below

  <?php
            $number=10;
            echo "hello";
            if (isset($_GET["name"])){
                echo " ".$_GET["name"];
                echo "<br />";
            }
            echo count($_GET["colors"]), " ", $_GET["colors"], "<br />";
            echo $_GET["colors"][0]," is your first color.";
            if(isset($_GET["colors"])){
                echo "You must like ";
                for($colornum=0;$colornum<count($_GET["colors"]);$colornum++){
                    echo $_GET["colors"][$colornum]," ";
                }
            }
        ?>

Solution 4

Why are you using $colors variable like $_GET[$colors[0]]. This is string not a variable. Instead of this use like this :

$_GET['colors'][0]

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Author by

jimbo1qaz

Updated on June 04, 2022

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jimbo1qaz almost 2 years

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>My Form</title>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    </head>
    <body>
        <form method="get">
            <div>Name 
                <input name="name" size="15" type="text" />
            </div>
            <select multiple="yes" name="colors[]">
                <option> 1 </option>
                <option> 2 </option>
                <option> 3 </option>
                <option> 4 </option>
                <option> 5 </option>
            </select>
        </form>
        <?php
            $number=10;
            echo "hello";
            if (isset($_GET["name"])){
                echo " ".$_GET["name"];
                echo "<br />";
            }
            echo count($_GET["colors"]), " ", $_GET["colors"], "<br />";
            echo $_GET[$colors[0]]," is your first color.";
            if(isset($_GET["$colors"])){
                echo "You must like ";
                for($colornum=0;$colornum<count($_GET["$colors"]);$colornum++){
                    echo $_GET[$colors[$colornum]]," ";
                }
            }
        ?>
    </body>
</html>

Why doesn't this work? The select multiple doesn't output right in the array, or possible Has a lot of debugging stuff that doesn't help my understanding much. I get undefined index and variable errors. Here's my output after selecting options 1-3:

Name
hello jimbo1qaz
3 Array

Notice: Undefined variable: colors in E:\xampp\htdocs\myform.php on line 28

Notice: Undefined index: in E:\xampp\htdocs\myform.php on line 28 is your first color.
Notice: Undefined variable: colors in E:\xampp\htdocs\myform.php on line 29