Need some Help Please....In need of ASAP

[Anon]

Ok, Im getting frustrated now. I have a simple script at http://www.bates.edu/~rkolbe/index.php which is an Application for Employment thing. If you look at the drop down box at the bottom, it shows you different posistions that you can choose from. Now my problem (still), is, how do I go about redirecting a person to another form...it depends on what they select from the drop down menu also and I need to carry the info from the frist form over so I can then have the script email myself. Here is the code I have on the index.php page:

if(isset($position))
{
if($position == "Technology Support Student Team Leader" or
"Technology Support Assistant - Level 1" or
"Technology Support Assistant - Level 2" or
"Help Desk Office Assistant")
{
echo"Welcome to the Help Desk";
}
elseif($position == "Acq/Student Specialist" or
"Audio/Public Services Student Assistant" or
"Audio/Public Services Student Specilist" or
"Audio/Public Services Student Assistant" or
"Audio/Public Services Student Specialist" or
"Bind and Mend/Advanced Binder Specialist" or
"Catalog/Non Book/Specialist" or
"Catalog/Processing Assistant" or
"Catalog/Student Specialist" or
"Circ/Public Services Student Assistant" or
"Circ/Public Services Student Specialist" or
"Docs/Gov't Documents Assistant" or
"Editor/Muskie Oral History Project" or
"ILL/Borrowing Specialist" or
"ILL/Lending Specialist" or
"ILL/Photocopy Specialist" or
"Muskie Archives/Specialist" or
"Office/Student Specialist" or
"Ref/Per Mtnce Student Assistant" or
"Ref/Research and Technical Specialist" or
"Special Collections Specialist" or
"Web Applicatoins Programmer/Student Assistant")
{
echo"Welcome to Library Services";
}
}
else
{
include("/a/dir/to/the/include/for/the/first/form.inc");
}

[Anon]

What is happening with the script is that is that whatever you select from the drop down box, it always goes to Welcome to the Help Desk.

[Anon]

Seeing as I use to go to Bates, I'll help out with this one.

You can use a bit of javascript to change the form's action to redirect to the correct form.

Basically add this to your select box:
<select name="position" onChange="changeaction(1)">
1=form 1
2=form 2
.
.
.

in your head tag add this javascript:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function changeaction(loc){
if (loc==1) {
document.forms[0].action="form1.php";
}
}
//-->
</script>

OK I haven't tested any of this but it should work, but I may have a syntax error somewhere.

-Chris

[Anon]

Also your code here doesn't look good on a mac

<tr bgcolor="#DFDFBF"> 
  <td width="316" valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#DFDFBF"> 
    <div align="center">What is your experience with Help Desks? 
      <textarea name="textfield" cols="35" rows="5"></textarea>
    </div>
  </td>
  <td width="368" align="center" valign="top"> 
    <p>What is your experience with computers (MAC &amp; PC)? 
      <textarea name="textarea" cols="35" rows="5"></textarea>
    </p>
  </td>
</tr>

If your tutors use a Mac then you may want to make it over two rows, it is the <div> tags that I think screw it up, I think.

[bastien]

if($position == "Technology Support Student Team Leader") ||
($position == "Technology Support Assistant - Level 1")||
($position == "Technology Support Assistant - Level 2") ||
($position == "Help Desk Office Assistant"){

header ("location:http://www.bates.com/..../techpage.php"); //redirect browser
exit; //stop execution of any other code on page
}else{
header ("location:http://www.bates.com/..../library.php"); //redirect browser
exit; //stop execution of any other code on page

first: replace all the 'or' with '||' the pipe symbols --> see above

second: evealuate each item separately witin the parenthases as above

if all the other positions are library then why not code to say redirect to library.php --> see above

as for storing the values, you could use sessions or a database. From an admin point of view, a DB is ideal because the info stays around if the person is hired. but just to email to yourself, use sessions.

<% session_start();
session_register('name');
session_register('each_of_the_other_fields');
%>

hth
bastien

[Anon]

I get an error on Line 3. What is up with that? The code looks good...

[knayam]

With the help of Chris's code....
I was able to get my stuff done.

This is how it is..if it helps

<head></head>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function Jump(loc){
var newPage = loc.options[loc.selectedIndex].value
if (newPage != "None"){
if (newPage == "One"){
document.forms[0].action="redirect.php";}
else if(newPage == "Two"){
document.forms[0].action="form2.php";}
}
}
//-->
</script>

<body>
<?php
$userID=1;
echo "<form method='get'>";
echo "<select onChange='Jump(this)'>";
echo "<option value='None'>None";
echo "<option value='One'>One";
echo "<option value=Two>Two";
echo "<option value=Three>Three";
echo "</select>";
echo "<input type='hidden' name='userID' value=$userID>";
echo "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='submit'>";
echo "</form>";
?>
</body>