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Shima Mdz
Shima Mdz

Reputation: 195

selected options for multi select Jquery in PHP

Im using multi select Jquery (http://www.erichynds.com/examples/jquery-ui-multiselect- widget/demos/) How can I check in PHP (Controller) which option is selected?

This is my code in View:

 <select multiple="multiple" size="5">
    <?php

        foreach ( $this->restservice->getDepartments() as $department ) {
             echo '<optgroup label="' . $department->deptName . '">';
             foreach ( $this->restservice->getDepartmentsUsers( $department->deptName ) as $user ) {
                 echo '<option value="' . $user->{'email'} . '">';
                 echo $user->{'username'};
                 echo '</option>';
             }
        }

         echo '</optgroup>';
      ?>
  </select>

PS: Im using Codeigniter and I prefer to user foreach and fetch the value of selected options. Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2340

Answers (2)

user1864610
user1864610

Reputation:

Give your <select> a name, suffixed by square brakets:

<select multiple="multiple" size="5" name="myselect[]">

Then you can look for $_POST['myselect'] (or $_GET['myselect']) as an array in your PHP script

Upvotes: 0

Joe Beuckman
Joe Beuckman

Reputation: 2296

You need to give your <select> element a name attribute.

<select name="myselect[]" multiple="multiple" size="5">

Then when the form is submitted to a PHP file, the selected options will be in either $_GET['myselect'] or $_POST['myselect'] depending on the form's method attribute.

Upvotes: 0

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