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www.it-ebooks.infoCHAPTER 13• WORKING WITH HTML FORMSThe HTML for the multiple-select box shown in Figure 13-1 might look like this:C#JavaScriptPerlPHPBecause these components are multivalued, the form processor must be able to recognize that theremay be several values assigned to a single form variable. In the preceding examples, note that both usethe name languages to reference several language entries. How does PHP handle the matter? Perhapsnot surprisingly, by considering it an array. To make PHP recognize that several values may be assignedto a single form variable, you need to make a minor change to the form item name, appending a pair ofsquare brackets to it. Therefore, instead of languages, the name would read languages[]. Once renamed,PHP will treat the posted variable just like any other array. Consider this example: