Get a result from a select HTML tag

[miloscigoj]

I have a problem witha a dropdown HTML list.
First I fill it up with data from my database.
The problem is that i do not know how to get ta value of the selected item in the dropdown list. I need this value to pass it to another form for further querying...

Thank you in advance.

Milos

[Anon]

Well, if your select is named "thingy", then the value is in $POST['thingy'] (or $GET['thingy']).

[khaine]

If your html reads

<SELECT name="number">
<OPTION value=" "></OPTION>
<OPTION value="1">1</OPTION>
<OPTION value="2">2</OPTION>
<OPTION value="3">3</OPTION>
<OPTION value="4">4</OPTION>
<OPTION value="5">5</OPTION>
<OPTION value="6">6</OPTION>
<OPTION value="7">7</OPTION>
<OPTION value="8">8</OPTION>
<OPTION value="9">9</OPTION>
</SELECT>

Then anything selected will appear in the variable named $number, ( or $_REQUEST['number']) depending on your php version.

Mark.