From dce6ade4cdc2833b53bd600ef10f9bce83c7102d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kaspick <andrew@redlinesoftware.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:15:36 -0500
Subject: Ensure select_tag#name attribute uses [] when :multiple is true.
 [#1146 state:resolved]

Signed-off-by: Pratik Naik <pratiknaik@gmail.com>
---
 actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb')

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
index 208bf91dd4..7492348c50 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module ActionView
       #   #    <option>3</option><option>4</option></select>
       #
       #   select_tag "colors", "<option>Red</option><option>Green</option><option>Blue</option>", :multiple => true
-      #   # => <select id="colors" multiple="multiple" name="colors"><option>Red</option>
+      #   # => <select id="colors" multiple="multiple" name="colors[]"><option>Red</option>
       #   #    <option>Green</option><option>Blue</option></select>
       #
       #   select_tag "locations", "<option>Home</option><option selected="selected">Work</option><option>Out</option>"
@@ -70,14 +70,15 @@ module ActionView
       #   #    <option>Out</option></select>
       #
       #   select_tag "access", "<option>Read</option><option>Write</option>", :multiple => true, :class => 'form_input'
-      #   # => <select class="form_input" id="access" multiple="multiple" name="access"><option>Read</option>
+      #   # => <select class="form_input" id="access" multiple="multiple" name="access[]"><option>Read</option>
       #   #    <option>Write</option></select>
       #
       #   select_tag "destination", "<option>NYC</option><option>Paris</option><option>Rome</option>", :disabled => true
       #   # => <select disabled="disabled" id="destination" name="destination"><option>NYC</option>
       #   #    <option>Paris</option><option>Rome</option></select>
       def select_tag(name, option_tags = nil, options = {})
-        content_tag :select, option_tags, { "name" => name, "id" => name }.update(options.stringify_keys)
+        html_name = (options[:multiple] == true && !name.to_s.ends_with?("[]")) ? "#{name}[]" : name
+        content_tag :select, option_tags, { "name" => html_name, "id" => name }.update(options.stringify_keys)
       end
 
       # Creates a standard text field; use these text fields to input smaller chunks of text like a username
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