Short Variables question

oscar2

Hi,

I want to give a variable to page2.php, where the variable given from page1.php is linked to some extra information (a short story). But how? ..probably it's just a very small piece of code..

thanx in advance,

OScar
################page1.php##################

<form method="get" action="page2.php">
<select name="color">
<option value="green">green</option>
<option value="yellow">yellow</option>
<option value="purple">purple</option>
<option value="green">green</option>
<option value="red">red</option>
<input type="submit" value="Verzenden">
</form>

################page2.php##################

Your color's story: <?php echo $HTTP_GET_VARS[ "color" ];?>
</body>

oscar2

So the choosen story has to replace this code:
<?php echo $HTTP_GET_VARS[ "color" ];?>

Oscar

kikidonc

I'm not sure I got what you are looking for...

Do you want to echo a text that will depends on the value of the selected color on page1???

method="POST" in page1 instead of GET.

Then, in page2.php, $color exists and is set with the selected value from page1.

You can then use a switch (); function

switch($color)
{
case 'green':
$color_txt="green, with a nice accent";
case 'yellow':
[...]
default:
[...]
}

hope it was what you wanted :-)
Fred.

alisam

thats right you could do it in the way fred said...

i just wanted to to tell you something:

you should close your <select> tag in your html code, because otherwise NS 4.7 and older versions of it will not show your entire form.

regards

ali

oscar2

thanx for your answers!!

p.s. it was just an quick written example.. (that's why I forgot/mistyped some elements)

Thanks a lott!!

Oscar

oscar2

Hi, tried it out,
but came to one problem:

Every data the variable has, it always displays the last "case", so in this example, "purple", with it's text: "small text for purple".
And that's not how it should work. So, if anything have the solution, please reply!

Oscar.
################## used script: ############

<?php
switch($color)
{
case 'green':
$color_txt="green text, nice";
case 'yellow':
$color_txt="small text about yellow";
case 'purple':
$color_txt="small text for purple";
}
?>

Here the text: <?php echo $color_txt ;?>

oscar2

I still can't find the solution!

Please take a look at the problem if you want,

many thanks in advance and regards,

Oscar
Netherlands