Hey thanks. I had tried that initially but it did not work. I must have had
something else wrong as well, it is working now.
Thanks again.
CC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Poe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Getting data from multiple check boxes
> --- Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > How to a grab data from a multiple checkbox type scenario.
> >
> > Ex:
> >
> > Say I have:
> > <INPUT type=checkbox name=x value=1>
> > <INPUT type=checkbox name=x value=2>
> > <INPUT type=checkbox name=x value=3>
> >
> > I then do this: (use CGI.pm for this example)
> >
> > my $selections = $q->param("x");
> > print "$selections<BR>\n";
> >
> > It only prints the last checkbox check, not all of the checked boxes. Is
> > there a trick around this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > CC
>
> Use an array and not a scalar.
>
> my @selections = $q->param("x");
>
> CGI.pm uses 'wantarray' in its code to figure out what you want. If you
use a scalar, it will
> return the first value. Use an array and it will return all of them.
>
> Cheers,
> Curtis "Ovid" Poe
>
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