# Select List Field - Cannot Create **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [October 11, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/select-list-field-cannot-create/2557 "2015-10-11T14:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrbohlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mrbohlax](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mrbohlax)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/select-list-field-cannot-create/2557/1 "2015-10-11T14:19:30Z")
I’m unable to create a new custom SELECT list field. 1. Add New Custom Field 2. Data Type = Select 3. Adding select list Options 4. Click “Apply” or “Save & Close” Result = Cancel/Save & Close/Apply buttons are grayed out. Other buttons in the Add Custom Field still work, but no field is created. Clean install No leads imported yet Shared Host Version 1.2.0 PHP Version 5.4.45 MySQL Version 5.6.23 Apache Version 2.4.16 Here is my PHP Configuration: Language Options asp\_tags Allow ASP-style \<% %\> tags. Off File Uploads file\_uploads Whether to allow HTTP file uploads. On Paths and Directories include\_path Windows: “path1;path2” c:phpincludes" .:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php Resource Limits max\_execution\_time Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds 90 Resource Limits max\_input\_time Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data 60 Resource Limits memory\_limit Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (128MB) 128M Data Handling register\_globals You should do your best to write your scripts so that they do not require register\_globals to be on; Using form variables as globals can easily lead to possible security problems, if the code is not very well thought of. Off Language Options safe\_mode Off File Uploads upload\_max\_filesize Maximum allowed size for uploaded files. 64M main session.save\_path where N is an integer. Instead of storing all the session files in /path, what this will do is use subdirectories N-levels deep, and store the session data in those directories. This is useful if you or your OS have problems with lots of files in one directory, and is a more efficient layout for servers that handle lots of sessions. NOTE 1: PHP will not create this directory structure automatically. You can use the script in the ext/session dir for that purpose. NOTE 2: See the section on garbage collection below if you choose to use subdirectories for session storage /tmp ![Screenshot%202015-10-11%2011.11.44.png](http://laxden.com/Screenshot%202015-10-11%2011.11.44.png) ---
**Author:** ![mrbohlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mrbohlax](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mrbohlax)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/select-list-field-cannot-create/2557/2 "2015-10-11T14:19:30Z")
I’m unable to create a new custom SELECT list field. 1. Add New Custom Field 2. Data Type = Select 3. Adding select list Options 4. Click “Apply” or “Save & Close” Result = Cancel/Save & Close/Apply buttons are grayed out. Other buttons in the Add Custom Field still work, but no field is created. Clean install No leads imported yet Shared Host Version 1.2.0 PHP Version 5.4.45 MySQL Version 5.6.23 Apache Version 2.4.16 Here is my PHP Configuration: Language Options asp\_tags Allow ASP-style \<% %\> tags. Off File Uploads file\_uploads Whether to allow HTTP file uploads. On Paths and Directories include\_path Windows: “path1;path2” c:phpincludes" .:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php Resource Limits max\_execution\_time Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds 90 Resource Limits max\_input\_time Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data 60 Resource Limits memory\_limit Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (128MB) 128M Data Handling register\_globals You should do your best to write your scripts so that they do not require register\_globals to be on; Using form variables as globals can easily lead to possible security problems, if the code is not very well thought of. Off Language Options safe\_mode Off File Uploads upload\_max\_filesize Maximum allowed size for uploaded files. 64M main session.save\_path where N is an integer. Instead of storing all the session files in /path, what this will do is use subdirectories N-levels deep, and store the session data in those directories. This is useful if you or your OS have problems with lots of files in one directory, and is a more efficient layout for servers that handle lots of sessions. NOTE 1: PHP will not create this directory structure automatically. You can use the script in the ext/session dir for that purpose. NOTE 2: See the section on garbage collection below if you choose to use subdirectories for session storage /tmp ![](http://laxden.com/Screenshot%202015-10-11%2011.11.44.png) ---
**Author:** ![mrbohlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mrbohlax](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mrbohlax)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/select-list-field-cannot-create/2557/3 "2015-10-11T14:21:00Z")
I know this feature works OK on the hosted version of Mautic, but for some reason not working on my own shared hosting server. I would like to ID the configuration issue to determine if it’s possible to fix. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![escopecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/escopecz/32/370_2.png) [@escopecz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/escopecz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/select-list-field-cannot-create/2557/4 "2015-10-12T07:23:14Z")
This is known issue. It will be fixed in 1.2.1. More details: [https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/895](https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/895) ---
**Author:** ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/select-list-field-cannot-create/2557/5 "2020-02-02T22:58:01Z")