How to store data from multiple selection ?

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How to store data from multiple selection ?

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I am trying to get the user selection after all menu has been shown to the user and when the selections are done. Could you please let me know how to get all those information at the end. The way I did it just work for the last menu selection. I suppose I have to use some sort of array but don't know exactly how to do that. I will appriciate your suggestion. Thank you.

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<html> 
<title> 
Menu Test 
</title> 
<body> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
<!-- 
function updateTextBox(selectObj, textBoxObj) 
{ 
var index = selectObj.selectedIndex; 
var selection = selectObj.options[index].text; 
textBoxObj.value += selection + "\n"; 
} 
// --> 
</script> 

<?php 
extract( $_GET ); 

if( !isset($submit))// do this if no GET vars 
{ 
print "<form method="GET">"; 
print "<p>Enter in the number of times below:</p>"; 
print "<input type="text" name="number" size="30">"; 
$menu_counter = 0; 
print "<input type='hidden' name='menu_counter' value=$menu_counter>"; 
print "<input name="submit" type="submit" value="send">"; 
print "<input name="reset" type="reset" value="reset">"; 
print "</form>" ; 
} 
else 
{ 

if( $number>0 ) 
{ 
$months = array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July", "August","September","October","November","December"); 
$number = $HTTP_GET_VARS["number"]-1; 
$menu_counter =$HTTP_GET_VARS["menu_counter"]+1; 
print "<form method="GET">"; 
print "Select components for term $menu_counter<br>"; 
?> 
<select size="5" name="user_choice" onclick="updateTextBox(this, currentSelections)"> 
<?php 
foreach ($months as $Existing_Item) 
{ 
print "<option value="$Existing_Item ">$Existing_Item</option>"; 
} 
print "</select>"; 
print "<br>"; 
?> 

<select size="5" name="user_choice" onclick="updateTextBox(this, currentSelections)"> 
<?php 
foreach ($months as $Existing_Item) 
{ 
print "<option value="$Existing_Item ">$Existing_Item</option>"; 
} 
print "</select>"; 
print "<br>"; 
?> 


<textarea name = 'currentSelections' readonly="readonly" rows = "3" cols = "20"></textarea> 
<br> 
<?php 

print "<input type='hidden' name='number' value=$number>"; 
print "<input type='hidden' name='menu_counter' value=$menu_counter>"; 
print "<input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit">"; 
print "<input name="reset" type="reset" value="reset">"; 
print "</form>"; 
} 
else 
{ 
// do whatever happens after the number of forms has been filled 

print "<br>You choice are: <br>"; 
$InputDomain = $currentSelections; 

$length = strlen($InputDomain); 
$i = 0; 
$counter = 1; 
while($i < $length) 
{ 
if ($InputDomain[$i] == "\n") 
{ 
$ArrayOfDomain[] = trim($SelectedInputDomain); 
$OrderNo[] = $counter; 
$val1 = trim($SelectedInputDomain); 
$val2 = $counter; 

?> 
<?php 
print "$val1 & $val2 <br>"; 
$counter++; 
$SelectedInputDomain = NULL; 
$i++; 
} 
else 
{ 
$SelectedInputDomain = "$SelectedInputDomain" . "$InputDomain[$i]"; 
$i++; 
} 
} 
} 
} 
?> 
</body> 
</html> 

?>
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