{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/select2/select2/issues/2980","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/select2/select2/issues/2980/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/select2/select2/issues/2980/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/select2/select2/issues/2980/events","html_url":"https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/2980","id":55629163,"number":2980,"title":"Placeholder doesn't appear with numeric IDs","user":{"login":"ova2","id":767334,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/767334?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2","html_url":"https://github.com/ova2","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ova2/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/select2/select2/labels/needs%20information","name":"needs information","color":"bfe5bf"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-01-27T15:08:23Z","updated_at":"2015-01-27T23:57:03Z","closed_at":null,"body":"We often have numeric values in options. One examples how the native select is rendered in HTML:\r\n\r\n```html\r\n<select id=\"landWohnsitz\" name=\"landWohnsitz\" size=\"1\"\r\n    style=\"width:100%; display: none;\" aria-required=\"true\"\r\n    data-placeholder=\"Bitte wählen ...\" tabindex=\"-1\">\r\n    <option></option>\r\n    <option value=\"80\">Deutschland</option>\r\n    <option value=\"87\">Frankreich</option>\r\n    <option value=\"83\">Italien</option>\r\n    <option value=\"85\">Schweiz</option>\r\n</select>\r\n```\r\n\r\nPlaceholder doesn't appear in this case - neither with ```data-placeholder``` nor with ```placeholder``` JS option (don't matter how it's configured). String values are ok."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/select2/select2/issues/comments/71754858","html_url":"https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/2980#issuecomment-71754858","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/select2/select2/issues/2980","id":71754858,"user":{"login":"cawparky","id":10733034,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10733034?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky","html_url":"https://github.com/cawparky","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cawparky/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-27T23:57:03Z","updated_at":"2015-01-27T23:57:03Z","body":"Hi, i have the same problem. If I give multiple select2 box into tags <form></form placeholder doesn't work (placeholder works outside of <form> tag fine ). I want get it to php(mysql) so it must work in <form>.\r\nPlease for some solution, here is my code.\r\n  <form action=\"welcome.php\" method=\"post\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"form-group\" style=\"width:70px; height:44px;\">\r\n\t\t\t<select id=\"multiple\" class=\"form-control select2-multiple\" multiple>\r\n\t\t\t\t<optgroup label=\"Alaskan/Hawaiian Time Zone\">\r\n\t<option value=\"AK\">Alaska</option>\r\n\t<option value=\"HI\">Hawaii</option>\r\n</optgroup>\r\n<optgroup label=\"Pacific Time Zone\">\r\n\t<option value=\"CA\">California</option>\r\n\t<option value=\"NV\">Nevada</option>\r\n\t<option value=\"OR\">Oregon</option>\r\n\t<option value=\"WA\">Washington</option>\r\n                       </optgroup>\r\n\t      </select>\r\n      </div>\r\n      </form>\r\nJS\r\n----------\r\n"}}