I have got it to print all the values to screen its just inserting them into my database.
This is the code section in the index-
<tr><td><select multiple align= "left" name="country[]" size="2">
<option>IE</option>
<option>NL</option>
<option>UK</option>
<option>ZA</option>
</select></td>
then i have a page called issue, which just prints out the users selection to the screen and then inserts it into the database-
$countries[]=<?php foreach($country as $value)echo "$value."; ?><br />
insert bit-
<?php
$connect= mysql_connect('localhost','','');
if (!$connect) { echo("ERROR: Not connecting" . mysql_error() . "\n"); }
mysql_select_db('sophie');
?>
<?php
$insert = "INSERT INTO bulletin_data (RepDate, RepTime, Country, Service, StatusDesc, RefNo) VALUES ('$today','$time','$countries', '$services', '$status', '$refno')";
MYSQL_QUERY($insert) or die(mysql_error());
msql_close($connection);
?>
when i call my insert statement i call $countries should i be using $country?