Question

Let’s say I have a simple form, with a select combobox and a table that has a checkbox for each row, to choose the rows you want.

Now, on the server-side, I need to associate all the items selected from the table (using the checkbox for each row), with the item selected in the combobox.

I know the value in the combobox will be submitted with the form, but how can I send all the selected elements from the table? do I have to use AJAX or something? or is it possible to do it via POST/GET?

Answer 1

The form needs to enclose (be an anscestor of) both the table and the combo box.
The table row checkboxes should all look like

<input type="checkbox" name="rows[]" value="ROW ID"/>

And then on the server side you’ll get, in addition to the combobox value, $_POST['rows'] as an array containing the ids of the checked rows.