[Resolved] Coded a drop-down box, how do I get at the result?

BigE

Yes, I am newb to the extreme when it comes to web stuff, but I am an experienced programmer.

My question is simple. I have a drop down box all coded and looking just great. How do I get at the result once the user has made a selection? I read somewhere about $_POST, but couldn't get it to work very well. I just want to reload my page with the result of the drop-down box at my disposal and ready for use.

Please help a poor new guy!

-E

nashirak

If you have PHP equal to or over version 4.2 the yes, you will probably use $_POST[];

Here is how it works say you have your form called mypulldown.php:

<html>
<head>
<body>
<?php

 echo "<form action=$PHP_SELF method=POST>";

?>

 <select name="my_menu">
 <option  value="blah1">blah1
 <option value="blah2">blah2
 </select>
  <input type=submit>
 </form>
<?php if($_POST["my_menu"] != "") 
             echo $_POST["my_menu"];
?> 
</body>
</html>

What this will reload the page and print out the menu value. If I had a GET method I would do the same thing just with $GET["my_menu"]; all the $GET[] and $_POST[] do are store the variables that were passed to the page through the HTTP header. "my_menu" was inserted into the array because the variable we want is, my_menu.

Does this make sense?

I hope this Helps!