PHP help with multiple select 1

postonoh · Nov 26, 2010

<?php

/* Email Variables */

$emailSubject = Outreach Event';
$webMaster = 'test@webshelby.net';

/* Data Variables */

$email = $_POST['email'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$company = $_POST['company'];
$address = $_POST['address'];
$city= $_POST['city'];
$state = $_POST['state'];
$zip = $_POST['zip'];
$event = $_POST['Event'];
if ($event){
foreach ($event as $e){echo 'You selected ',$t,'<br />';}
}

$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>
Name: $name <br>
Email: $email <br>
Phone: $phone <br>
Company: $company <br>
Address: $address<br>
City: $city <br>
State: $state <br>
Postal Code: $zip <br>
Event: $event <br>

EOD;

$headers = "From: $email\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body,
$headers);

/* Results rendered as HTML */

$theResults = <<<EOD
<html>
<head>
<title>sent message</title>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3;URL=http://www.webshelby.net">
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<blockquote><center>
<img src="/images/logo.jpg" width="311" height="196" />
<div align="center">Registration Complete!<br>
You will return to home page in a few seconds !</div>
</center></blockquote>
</div>
</body>
</html>
EOD;
echo "$theResults";
?>

I have a html page with this named rsvp.html:
php file name rsvp.php
<tr>
<td>Select Your Event:</td>
<td>
<select name="Event" size="5" multiple="multiple" id="Event">
<option value="1">S Certification (Day 1)</option>
<option value="2">S Certification (Day 2)</option>
<option value="3">Pre-Qual Meeting (Day 1)</option>
<option value="4">Pre-Qual Meeting (Day 2)</option>
</select> </td>
</tr>

when I select more then one it only gives me the one selected

What am I doing wrong?

I need for it to email me a selected events

vacunita · Nov 26, 2010

You need to tell PHP to expect an array, otherwise it will get the selected options, but it will just overwrite the $_POST['event'] variable with the subsequent values.

Code:

<select name="Event[red][][/red]" size="5" multiple="multiple" id="Event">

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postonoh · Nov 26, 2010

Thanks, Receiving email but they say array instead of Selected text.

vacunita · Nov 26, 2010

Well you aren't doing anything with your $event variable inside your $body you need to turn it into a string or something more useful.

Code:

$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>
Name: $name <br>
Email: $email <br>
Phone: $phone <br>
Company: $company <br>
Address: $address<br>
City: $city <br>
State: $state <br>
Postal Code: $zip <br>
[red]Event: $event <br>[/red]

EOD;

You expand $event before you stick it in your $body, but then totally forget about it, as you only output it to screen, but never do anything else with it.

Code:

$event = $_POST['Event'];
    if ($event){
     foreach ($event as $e){echo 'You selected ',$t,'<br />';}
    }

If you want to send it as a string in tour email, with breaks, you can simply implode it and be done with it.

Code:

$eventString=implode('<br',$event);

Then in your body just use $eventSring

Code:

$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>
Name: $name <br>
Email: $email <br>
Phone: $phone <br>
Company: $company <br>
Address: $address<br>
City: $city <br>
State: $state <br>
Postal Code: $zip <br>
[red]Event: $eventString <br>[/red]

EOD;

I suggest reading up on arrays, and in the php online manual.

http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php

----------------------------------
Phil AKA Vacunita
----------------------------------
Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

Behind the Web, Tips and Tricks for Web Development.

http://behindtheweb.blogspot.com/

postonoh · Nov 26, 2010

Thanks Works perfectly.

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