Collecting form data with PHP

[Siriunson]

I have a basic form I made to learn how to get the results emailed to me on
submission. This is the form: <form
action='http://www.mywebsiteaddress.co.uk/mailtest.php' method='post'
name='webform' id='webform'> <table width='500' border='0' cellspacing='0'
cellpadding='5'> <tr> <td><div align='right' class='quotes'>First
Name</div></td> <td><input name='FirstName' type='text'
id='FirstName'></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align='right'
class='quotes'>Last Name </div></td> <td><input name='LastName'
type='text' id='LastName'></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div
align='right' class='quotes'>Email</div></td> <td><input name='Email'
type='text' id='Email'></td> </tr> <tr> <td
class='quotes'><div align='right'>Favourite color </div></td>
<td><select name='Select[]' id='Select'> <option value='select'
selected>Pick A Color</option> <option value='red'>Red</option>
<option value='orange'>Orange</option> <option
value='yellow'>Yellow</option> <option value='green'>Green</option>
<option value='blue'>Blue</option> <option
value='indigo'>Indigo</option> <option value='violet'>Violet</option>
</select></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='middle'><div
align='right' class='quotes'>Favourite Foods </div></td> <td
valign='top'><table width='301' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'>
<tr> <td width='61'><input name='Food' type='checkbox'
id='food' value='Italian'></td> <td width='61'><input name='Food'
type='checkbox' id='food' value='Thai'></td> <td width='61'><input
name='Food' type='checkbox' id='food' value='Chinese'></td> <td
width='61'><input name='Food' type='checkbox' id='Food' value='French'></td>
<td width='61'><input name='Food' type='checkbox' id='Food'
value='Mexican'></td> </tr> <tr> <td
width='61'><p>Italian</p></td> <td width='61'><p>Thai</p></td>
<td width='61'><p>Chinese</p></td> <td
width='61'><p>French</p></td> <td width='61'><p>Mexican</p></td>
</tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td
valign='middle'><div align='right' class='quotes'>Cats or Dogs? </div></td>
<td valign='top'><table width='200'> <tr> <td
valign='top'><p> <label> <input type='radio'
name='Pet' value='cats'> Cats</label> </p></td>
</tr> <tr> <td valign='top'><p>
<label> <input type='radio' name='Pet' value='dogs'>
Dogs</label> </p></td> </tr> </table></td>
</tr> <tr> <td valign='top'><div align='right'
class='quotes'>Message</div></td> <td><textarea name='Message' rows='4'
id='Message'></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div
align='right'></div></td> <td><input type='submit' name='Submit'
value='Send Details'></td> </tr> </table> </form> When I fill out
the form and send the results, everything turns up correctly except two items.
The Select item returns the result 'Array' and the checkboxes only return the
last selected item. Here is the PHP I am using: <?php
ini_set('sendmail_from', 'root@myaddress.co.uk'); $FirstName =
$_POST['FirstName']; $LastName =$_POST['LastName']; $Email =
$_POST['Email']; $Select = $_POST['Select']; $Food =
$_POST['Food']; $Pet = $_POST['Pet']; $Msg = $_POST['Message'];
$body = 'Email web form results\n\n Name: $FirstName $LastName\n\n
Email: $Email\n\n Favourite Color: $Select\n\n Food: $Food\n\n Pet: $Pet\n\n
Message: $Msg'; mail('me@myaddress.co.uk', 'Sample Web Form',
'$body'); ?> I am fairly new to PHP and would be grateful for advice on
how to collect the results when more than one choice is offered.

[Ross Riley]

The two problems can be solved fairly easily. $select is an array. To see
what's inside the array you need to loop through it. Try the following...
body = 'Email web form results\n\n Name: $FirstName $LastName\n\n Email:
$Email\n\n Favourite Color:'; foreach($select as $option) { $body .=
$option.' '; } $body.=\n\n Food: $Food\n\n Pet: $Pet\n\n Message: $Msg';
Just replace the line that begins $body= with all the above. Then your
checkboxes are all called the same. Therefore the last value is overwriting the
one before. Make sure that your checkboxes have different names and then you
will be able to access them. Ross

[Siriunson]

Ross - thanks for the reply. Here's the section of my new code: $FirstName =
$_POST['FirstName']; $LastName =$_POST['LastName']; $Email =
$_POST['Email']; $Select = $_POST['Select']; $Food =
$_POST['Food1']; $Pet = $_POST['Pet']; $Msg = $_POST['Message'];
$body = 'Email web form results\n\n Name: $FirstName $LastName\n\n
Email: $Email\n\n Favourite Color: '; foreach($select as $option) {
$body.= $option.''; } $body.=\n\n Food: $Food\n\n Pet:
$Pet\n\n Message: $Msg'; Unfortunately something seems to be causing an
error as submitting the form generates the following message:: Warning:
Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in
e:\domains\d\myaddress.co.uk\user\htdocs\mailtest. php on line 216 Warning:
Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in
e:\domains\d\myaddress.co.uk\user\htdocs\mailtest. php on line 216 Parse error:
parse error, unexpected T_STRING in
e:\domains\d\myaddress.co.uk\user\htdocs\mailtest. php on line 216 Have I
mis-typed something

[Siriunson]

I have solved the problem with the help of an article I ; //extract the
checkbox values and create a new variable $print_array to print all the results
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($Food)) { $print_array .=$val .= '
'; } while (list ($key, $val) = each ($Select)) {
$color .=$val .= ' '; } $body = 'Email web form results\n\n
Name: $FirstName $LastName\n\n Email: $Email\n\n Favourite Color: $color\n\n
Food: $print_array\n\n Pet: $Pet\n\n Message: $Msg'; Thanks again Ross for
your help.