Bootstrap-select: How to Get the multiple selected values in PHP

[jayant6592]

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[ctocph]

Not a bug. But still:

1. the html select must have a name with [] at the end:
   name="multiple_select_name[]"
   Like:
   <select class="selectpicker" multiple name="multiple_select_name[]">
2. So, use a normal form to POST to a PHP-page:

<form action="post.php" method="post">
          <select name="multiple_select_name[]" class="selectpicker" multiple>
              <option value="A">A</option>
              <option value="B">B</option>
              <option value="C">C</option>
          </select>
          <input type="submit" value="Submit">
      </form>

1. On the post page php (name it post.php as in this example), put the php:

<?php
var_dump($_POST);
?>

As you can see, it's a nice little array.

[jgangso]

@ctocph is it actually supposed to work that way?

Can't make it happen... it just submits multiple my_input_name[]'s to the server..

[ctocph]

It's supposed to give you an array with all the values you selected in the drop down.
The var_dump only shows you what comes in, you have to build your own little php-script to be able to handle the array and put them where you want them; in your db etc.
(I built a way to just input the array in to the db row, using json_encode($_POST['field']);)
(Also, I take the values via jQuery: var future_role=$('#field').val();
What are you expecting/trying to do?

[jgangso]

Back from holidays, trying to recover memories. I was just trying to get the selected values in a array format to the server to handle it further with php, but something didn't work and didn't have the time to figure out why, so I made it by Javascript. :)