HELP - php code to post all list box values

[Metse]

'am a beginner & am busy designing a site that has simple order-form which captures details of a cust and submit them throuth as an email using php, which works fine.

my problem is i added 2 list boxes, one(as a drop-down) pre-populated with items-to-order which allows the user to add items in-need to the second list box...

how do i sumbit all values of the 2nd list box along as an email. My code currently is:
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$listbox2 = $_POST['listbox2'];
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$message .= "items on order are: ";
$message .= $listbox2;
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which doesn't work.

Please Help !!!!

 

[malec]

Well first of all it is $_POST and not $POST and that variable is an array, so it should be $_POST['listbox2']

 

[Metse]

Hi malec.. I appreciate your response..

i mistakenly forgot to put in the underscore there:
my current code is as:

$listbox2 = $_POST('listbox2') and still doesn't work.


Thanks.

 

[tcpip]

The second listbox sounds like you are allowing the user to select multiple items

if this is the case the name of the form element needs to be listbox2[] (this will tell php that the items being submitted are arrays)

Once submitted, you can then do the following

$listbox2 = $_POST['listbox2'];
$message .= "items on order are: ";
foreach ($listbox2 as $listbox_item) {
$message .= $listbox2_item . ' ';
}

hope this helps

 

[xsist10]

And to save you some future problems I recommend you add untaint your inputs from the user to prevent nasty XSS in your email.

$listbox2 = $_POST['listbox2'];

should be

$listbox2 = addslashes(strip_tags($_POST['listbox2']));