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I have a popup select box in a form in my jQuery Mobile application.

<div data-role='fieldcontain'>
    <label for='fruits' class='select'>Favorite Fruits</label>
    <select name='fruits' id='fruits' multiple='multiple' data-native-menu='false'>
        <option>Favorite Fruits</option>
        <option value='1' checked='checked'>Apple</option>
        <option value='2' checked='checked'>Banana</option>
        <option value='3' checked='checked'>Cherry</option>
    </select>
</div>

The value attributes of the option elements are equal to the database IDs of the fruits. After the form is submitted, I try to access the array of elements selected with

$fruits = $_POST['fruits'];

However, var_dump($fruits) issues an error noting that $fruits is not defined. Why?

• php
• forms
• jquery-mobile

2012-04-04 04:10
by John Hoffman

Also, checked='checked' is not working in that it is not getting those options selected by default. I'm working that out too - John Hoffman 2012-04-04 04:11

pretty sure you use selected="selected" for select boxes.. - David Nguyen 2012-04-04 04:14

Thank you! That solves one problem : - John Hoffman 2012-04-04 04:19

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After some tinkering I think you have three issues:

• select box name should be name="fruits[]
• checked="checked" should be selected="selected"
• empty options should be value=""

2012-04-04 04:24
by David Nguyen

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