Question

I have a empty select box on a form.

<select id='essentialDocs[]' ></select>

through some script i add options to it. Basically it adds URL’s. So at runtime html will look
like

<select id='essentialDocs[]' >
<option value='http://www.google.com' title='Google'>Google</option> 
<option value='http://www.yahoo.com' title='yahoo'>Yahoo</option>
</select>

Now on submitting the form i want to get both of these key:value pairs

like Title:URL google:http://www.google.com

but on doing $_POST['essentialDocs'] i only get values and not title’s. What modification would help get me both. Also another thing i have on the form is i can switch the ordering of url’s on screen. Please suggest some solution

Answer 1

Try this. This may help you..

Just add title in value with : When you submit you get your desire value.

<form method="post" action="">
  <select id='essentialDocs[]' name='list'>
    <option value='google:http://www.google.com' title='Google'>Google</option> 
    <option value='yahoo:http://www.yahoo.com' title='yahoo'>Yahoo</option>
  </select>
  <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="submit">
</form>

Print post array in PHP

<?php 
  print_r($_POST);
?>

Output:

Array ( [list] => yahoo:http://www.yahoo.com [Submit] => submit ) 

Now you can get both title and URL.