select "multiple"

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select "multiple"

blm14 Feb '16

Created Feb '16	Last Reply Feb '16	Replies 1	Views 570	Votes 0

blm14 40.7k

Feb '16

I have an html <form> which filters a paginator (so users can filter on what rows they view). I just got a request from the users that they want to be able to select more than one value. Changing all the selects to checkboxes is a big pain, but there is this:

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_select_multiple.asp

In my volt I did:

{{form.render('original_md',['multiple':'multiple'])}}

And it works in the browser, but when I submit the form, only once value is passed. Does phalcon support the select multiuple functionality?

Nikolay Mihaylov · Answer 1 · 2016-02-19T00:04:01-07:00

Hey, read this: https://forum.phalcon.io/discussion/2646/phalcon-tag-select-multiple-assign-defaults-from-controller and tell us if you have any questions.

Notice the [] in element name :)

blm14 · Answer 2 · 2016-02-22T13:57:29-07:00

Well as it turns out I am implementing it with checkboxes since I find that a little more elegant. But I am still having problems. From the form:

$doctors = Doctor::find();

foreach($doctors as $id=>$doctor){
     $this->add(new Check('original_md['.$doctor->getId().']',array($doctor->getFirstName().' '.$doctor->getLastName()=>$doctor->getId())));
}

from the controller:

$doctors = Doctor::find(array("conditions"=>"is_deleted=0","order"=>"last_name"));
$this->view->doctors = $doctors;

So that the list of doctors is available in the volt, then later down in the controller:

$md_str = implode(",",array_keys($this->request->getPost("original_md","string")));
$results = $status->getPatientsWithStudyStatus(array("conditions"=>"original_md in (:md:)",bind=>array('md'=>$md_str)));

then the volt:

{% for doctor in doctors %}
    {% set id = "original_md[" ~ doctor.getId() ~ "]" %}
    {{form.render(id)}} {{doctor.getValue("first_name")}} {{doctor.getValue("last_name")}}<BR>
{% endfor %}

if I check one of the original_md boxes in the volt then it works. If I check more than one of the checkboxes, it only takes the first one one even with the "in" clause. Is that a bug? If I have to I will go back to <select> but that thread you linked was not at all clear how the last post was a solution :(