how to save the data from the listbox to the database

[eluser]khagendra[/eluser]
Here is modification of your view file v_example.php to submit all the selected values

-- view (v_example.php) --

Code:

<form action="<?=site_url('example/multiple')?>" method="post">
    <SELECT NAME="sections[]" MULTIPLE>
    <OPTION value="Web Authoring Reference">Web Authoring Reference</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="FAQ Archives">FAQ Archives</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="Design Elements">Design Elements</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="Tools">Tools</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="Feature Article">Feature Article</OPTION>
    </SELECT>
    
    &lt;input type="submit" value="Submit" /&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;

-- Controller (example.php) --

Code:

class Example extends Controller {
    
    function Example()
    {
        parent::Controller();
        $this->load->helper('url');
        $this->load->library('form_validation');
    }
    
    function index()
    {
        $this->load->view('v_example');
    }
    
    function multiple()
    {
        foreach($_POST['sections'] as $sec)    
        echo $sec."<br>";    
    }
}

I have listed the selected values form the list.
Hope this will help u

Enjoy! :-)