form multi select post

[sanchez77]

So I have a an HTML form with a list box that allows mulitple selections. How do I mail all the selections?

 

My form:

                        <select name="Services" size="4" multiple id="Services">
                          <option value="option1">option1</option>
                          <option value="option2">option2</option>
                          <option value="option3">option3</option>
                          <option value="option4">option4</option>
                  </select>

 

 

PHP Code

$post_Services = $_POST["Services"];

$body .= "Services: ".$post_Services."\n";

  mail( "account@mail.com", "Form, $body, $message, "From: account@server.com>");
?>

 

Thanks for the help.

 

[akitchin]

i believe that a select element with multiple option selections will return an array. in that case, if you want to send an individual e-mail for each address, you'll need to loop through $_POST['Services'] with a foreach() loop.

 

if you want to send one bulk e-mail with a length header To: or CC: field, you can either construct that list using a foreach() loop or the implode function.

[sanchez77]

so how do I do that?

[sanchez77]

I want to send the selected values in an email. For example: Services: Option 2, Option 3.

 

[akitchin]

handling arrays is actually a rather basic concept, and one that would be good to familiarize yourself with. here's a good section in the PHP manual on how to deal with arrays in PHP:

 

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php

 

have a read-through of that, play around, and come back if you run into any problems implementing the code. this is really the sort of thing you're best off tinkering with yourself.

[sanchez77]

got it, thanks