# Cakephp 4: Display results from 'multiple' list box in edit.php
**URL:** https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-4-display-results-from-multiple-list-box-in-edit-php/8430
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**Created:** [September 27, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-4-display-results-from-multiple-list-box-in-edit-php/8430 "2020-09-27T15:32:48Z")
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### Author:  [@die7fox](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/die7fox)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-4-display-results-from-multiple-list-box-in-edit-php/8430/1 "2020-09-27T15:32:48Z")
In CakePHP 2, I could do the following to display multiple values in a multiselect field in my edit view:
Function call in controller:
```
// Get the list of indivduals involved for display on the form
$user_list = $this->IncidentReport->getUserList($current['IncidentReport']['id'], $current['IncidentReport']
['indivs_involved']);
$this->set(compact('user_list'));
```
Function in model:
```
// $indivs is a comma-delimited array
function getUserList($id = null, $indivs = null) {
$users = $this->IndivsInvolved->find('list', array('fields' => array('id', 'full_name'),
'conditions'=>array('id'=>explode(',',$indivs)),
'order'=>array('last_name'=>'ASC')
)
);
return $users;
}
```
Form field in edit.ctp:
```
Form->input('indivs_involved', array(
'label'=>'Individuals Involved',
'empty'=>'',
'default'=>'',
'div'=>false,
'multiple'=>true,
'class'=>'mul-select',
'options'=>$people,
'value'=>array_keys($user_list))); ?>
```
Which yields this:
Here is my attempt in CakePHP 4.
Function call in controller:
```
$userList = $this->IncidentReports->getUserList($incidentReport->id, $incidentReport->indivs_involved);
$this->set(compact('userList'));
```
Function in IncidentReports:
```
function getUserList($id = null, $indivs = null)
{
$users = $this->IndivsInvolved->find('list', [
'keyField' => 'id',
'valueField' => 'full_name',
'conditions' => [
'id' => explode(',', $indivs),
],
'order' => [
'last_name ASC'
],
]);
return $users;
}
```
Form field in edit.php:
```
Form->control('indivs_involved', [
'label' => 'Individuals Involved',
'options' => $people,
'multiple' => true,
'class' => 'mul-select',
'value' => array_keys($userList),
'empty' => ['' => ''],
]); ?>
```
The problem: When this executes, I get the following error:
```
array_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, object given
```
I’m guessing I need to set up the function in my model differently, but I don’t know how.
---
### Author:  [@Zuluru](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Zuluru)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-4-display-results-from-multiple-list-box-in-edit-php/8430/2 "2020-09-27T17:36:28Z")
This is because `$userList` is, in fact, an object. A query object, to be precise. (`debug($userList);` is a super helpful thing to know about in cases like this; knowing exactly what you are dealing with is very often a pointer straight to the solution.) What you presumably need to add somewhere is a `->toArray()` call on that query object; where to add that is up to you.
Also, note that where older versions of Cake added “IN” for you automatically when you gave them an array for a where condition, the ORM does NOT do this. So you probably really want
```auto
'id IN' => explode(',', $indivs)
```
---
### Author:  [@die7fox](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/die7fox)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-4-display-results-from-multiple-list-box-in-edit-php/8430/3 "2020-09-27T21:27:12Z")
Thanks for those tips. Between them and debugging all over the model, I figured out that I needed to do a combination of things:
1. Add the ‘IN’ to my WHERE clause
2. Rejigger the return value like this:
The individual names are now appearing in my multiselect box in my edit view.