无法将多个字段的数据转换为一个数组

I have a form that looks like this:

<form name="search" method="post" action="http://example.com/search3/">
Seach for: <input type="text" name="find[]" /> 
Search for stories by Type
<select name="find[]">
<option value="Fiction" selected>Fiction</option>
<option value="Non-Fiction">Non-Fiction</option>
<option value="Essay">Essay</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" />
</form>

on php.search, I get the data by:

$input = array(
"find" => $_POST['find'],
);

It is almost working, except it doesn't put the results in the find array. Instead the data is going into the results in array2, probably b/c i named each field find[]. Here is the var_dump:

array(1) {
["find"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(5) “testing1”
[1]=>
string(7) “testing2”
}
}

I'm not sure why i leaves the find array blank in this case.

If I change the form so the find[] names as arrays become just find, then I get the data to go into the array named find like i want, HOWEVER, only the select form data will be captured. See var_dump for results and how I only get one result instead of two:

array(1) {

["find"]=>
string(7) “testing2”

}

SO THE QUESTION IS... How can I get the input AND select data captured in the find array?

When naming field using square brackets [], PHP automatically creates a nested array in the $_POST (or $_GET) array.

In your case, the value of $input['find'] is an array that has two numeric keys.

echo $input['find'][0];
echo $input['find'][1];

You can assume that index 0 holds the value entered in text input, the index 1 holds the value selected in the list.

If you skip the squre brackets in field names, browsers sends them to the server as follows:

find=value1&find=value2

PHP, when parsing data, first stores the value1 under the key find, but when another find key occurs, it just overwrites the previous value with new value2.

Try This, This will help you.

The name of fields should not be same.

<form name="search" method="post">
  Seach for: <input type="text" name="search" /> 
  Search for stories by Type
  <select name="find[]" multiple>
    <option value="Fiction" selected>Fiction</option>
    <option value="Non-Fiction">Non-Fiction</option>
    <option value="Essay">Essay</option>
  </select>
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search" />
</form>

<?php 
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
  $input=array("find"=>$_POST['search'],'search'=>$_POST['find']);
  print_r($input);
}

?>

</div>

<form name="search" method="post" action="">
Seach for: 
Search for stories by Type
<select name="find[]">
<option value="Fiction" selected>Fiction</option>
<option value="Non-Fiction">Non-Fiction</option>
<option value="Essay">Essay</option>
</select>
<input type="text" name="find[]" /> 
<input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" />
</form>
<?php if(isset($_POST)){
    $input = array();
    $var =array();

     foreach ($_POST['find'] as $key => $value) {
        if(!empty($value)) {
            array_push($var, $value);
        }
        else{
            continue;
        }
     }
     $input = array(
"find" => $var,
);
     print_r($input);
}