--
-- Table structure for table `skills`
--
CREATE TABLE `skills` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL,
`skillname` varchar(150) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
--
-- Indexes for dumped tables
--
--
-- Indexes for table `skills`
--
ALTER TABLE `skills`
ADD PRIMARY KEY (`id`);
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for dumped tables
--
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `skills`
--
ALTER TABLE `skills`
MODIFY `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
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//index.html <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>PHP Mysqli Multiple Select option using Bootstrap Select Plugin and Jquery Ajax</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-select/1.12.2/css/bootstrap-select.min.css"> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-select/1.12.2/js/bootstrap-select.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <br /><br /> <div class="container"> <br /> <h2 align="center">PHP Mysqli Multiple Select option using Bootstrap Select Plugin and Jquery Ajax</h2> <br /> <div class="col-md-4" style="margin-left:200px;"> <form method="post" id="multiple_select_form"> <select name="skills" id="skills" class="form-control selectpicker" data-live-search="true" multiple> <option value="Python Flask">Python Flask</option> <option value="Python Django">Python Django</option> <option value="Express.js">Express.js</option> <option value="Laravel">Laravel</option> <option value="Spring">Spring</option> <option value="Angular">Angular</option> <option value="React">React</option> </select> <br /><br /> <input type="hidden" name="hidden_skills" id="hidden_skills" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-info" value="Submit" /> </form> <br /> </div> </div> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $('.selectpicker').selectpicker(); $('#skills').change(function(){ $('#hidden_skills').val($('#skills').val()); }); $('#multiple_select_form').on('submit', function(event){ event.preventDefault(); if($('#skills').val() != '') { var form_data = $(this).serialize(); $.ajax({ url:"insert.php", method:"POST", data:form_data, success:function(data) { //console.log(data); $('#hidden_skills').val(''); $('.selectpicker').selectpicker('val', ''); alert(data); } }) } else { alert("Please select framework"); return false; } }); }); </script> </body> </html>insert.php
//insert.php <?php $connect = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "testingdb"); $query = "INSERT INTO skills(skillname) VALUES ('".$_POST["hidden_skills"]."')"; if(mysqli_query($connect, $query)) { echo 'Data Inserted'; } ?>