[PHP-DB] Populating multi-select list from mysql From: bob (subscriptions <email protected>)
Date: 06/20/02

Hi all,

I'm having problems getting my multi-select list populated from a mysql
table. There is a table called categories with 2 columns (id and category).
I want to get all the items (category) and list them in the multi-select
list box.

This is the code I have so far:

$sql = "SELECT category FROM categories";

$result = mysql_query($sql, $connection);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
   $id = $row['id'];
   $category = $row['category'];
   $category_list .= "$category";
   }
?>

<select name=category_list_array[] multiple size=10>
<?
for ($i=0; $i<count($category_list); $i++) {
?>
  <option value=<?=$category_list[$i]?>><?=$category_list[$i]?></option>

<?}?>
</select>

Now, if I echo $category_list to the page I can see I have the correct data,
I just can't get it into the list box. I've seem to hit a wall on any
different ways to try and make this work. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Rob. 

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