Drop Down Menu help....

[johnsponheimer]

Greetings all.

I am looking to setup a web form where users fill in information, like name address email and the like, and it all geets saved to one of x number of text files.

Which text file it gets put into, depends strictly on the option they pick in a drop down menu.

What code would be needed to use a drop down menu to determine which textfile to save in?

(To SUM up, I first need a Drop Down menu that the user must pick, a choice here determines which text files its saved in.)

[khaine]

You could do something like

<SELECT name="fileadd">
<OPTION value="file1" SELECTED>option 1</OPTION>
<OPTION value="file2">option 2</OPTION>
<OPTION value="file3">option 3</OPTION>
<OPTION value="file4">option 4</OPTION>
<OPTION value="file5">option 5</OPTION>
</SELECT>

then the script that receives the posted data could be

$filename=$_REQUEST['fileadd'].".txt";

then which ever option is selected gets used as the filename.

Hope thats helps.

Mark.

[johnsponheimer]

<SELECT name="ticketfile"> 
<OPTION value="file1" SELECTED>Houston</OPTION> 
<OPTION value="file2">Dallas</OPTION> 
<OPTION value="file3">Austin</OPTION> 
<OPTION value="file4">San Antonio</OPTION> 
<OPTION value="file5">New York</OPTION> 
</SELECT> 
<?


$emaillist=$_REQUEST['ticketfile'].".txt"; 

$form_block = "

<FORM METHOD=\"post\" ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF\">

<strong><font face=Arial size=2 color=black>Your Name:</font></strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_name\" VALUE=\"$sender_name\" SIZE=30>
<br><br>
<strong><font face=Arial size=2 color=black>E-Mail Address:</font></strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_email\"  VALUE=\"$sender_email\" SIZE=30>
<br><br>
<strong><font face=Arial size=2 color=black>Address1:</font></strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_address1\"  VALUE=\"$sender_address1\" SIZE=30>
<br><br>
<strong><font face=Arial size=2 color=black>Address2:</font></strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_address2\"  VALUE=\"$sender_address2\" SIZE=30>
<br><br>
<strong><font face=Arial size=2 color=black>City:</font></strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_city\"  VALUE=\"$sender_city\" SIZE=30>
<br><br>
<strong><font face=Arial size=2 color=black>State:</font></strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_state\"  VALUE=\"$sender_state\" SIZE=30>
<br><br>
<strong><font face=Arial size=2 color=black>Zip Code:</font></strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_zip\"  VALUE=\"$sender_zip\" SIZE=30>
<br><br>
<strong><font face=Arial size=2 color=black>Would you like to recieve future announcements from DreamWorks Home Entertainment? (you must type in 'yes' or 'no' in lowercase letters)</font></strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_answer\"  VALUE=\"$sender_answer\" SIZE=3>

<INPUT type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"ds\">

<P><INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Submit!\"></p>

</FORM>

";

if ($op != "ds") {

// they need to see the form
echo "$form_block";

} else if ($op == "ds") {

if ($sender_name == "") {
	$name_err = "<font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 color=red>Please enter your name!</font><br>";
	$send = "no";
}
if ($sender_email == "") {
	$email_err = "<font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 color=red>Please enter your e-mail address!</font><br>";
	$send = "no";
}
if ($sender_address1 == "") {
	$address1_err = "<font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 color=red>Please enter your address!</font><br>";
	$send = "no";
}
if ($sender_city == "") {
	$city_err = "<font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 color=red>Please enter your city!</font><br>";
	$send = "no";
}
if ($sender_state == "") {
	$state_err = "<font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 color=red>Please enter your state!</font><br>";
	$send = "no";
}
if ($sender_zip == "") {
	$zip_err = "<font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 color=red>Please enter your zip code!</font><br>";
	$send = "no";
}
if ($sender_answer != "yes" || $sender_answer != "no") {
	$answer_err = "<font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 color=red>Please enter a yes or no (in lowercase please)</font><br>";
	$send = "no";
}
if ($sender_answer == "yes" || $sender_answer == "no") {
	$answer_err = "<font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 color=red>Please enter a yes or no (in lowercase please)</font><br>";
	$send = "yes";
}

if ($send != "no") {

	// it's ok to send!
	$msg = "CONTEST REGISTRATION - Backup Email\n";
	$msg .= "Sender's Name:       $sender_name\n";
	$msg .= "Sender's E-Mail:     $sender_email\n";
	$msg .= "Sender's Address1:   $sender_address1\n";
	$msg .= "Sender's Address2:   $sender_address2\n";
	$msg .= "Sender's City:       $sender_city\n";
    $msg .= "Sender's State:      $sender_state\n";
	$msg .= "Sender's Zip Code:   $sender_zip\n\n";
	$msg .= "Sender's Answer:     $sender_answer\n\n";

	$to = "[e-mail]";
	$subject = "CONTEST REGISTRATION - Backup Email";
	$mailheaders = "From: CONTEST <> \n";
	$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $sender_email\n\n";

	mail($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
	if ($sender_answer == yes) {
		print "<strong><font face=arial color=red size=3>You selected to receive updates from DreamWorks Home Entertainment.</font></strong>";
		$emaillist = fopen("emails.txt", "a");
		if (!$emaillist) die ("Cannot open the email list!");
		fwrite($emaillist, "\n$sender_email $sender_name");
		fclose($emaillist);
		}

	echo "<P><strong><font face=arial color=red size=3>You have successfully entered the A.I. Artificial Intelligence DVD contest.</font></strong></p>";

} else if ($send == "no") {

	echo "$name_err";
	echo "$email_err";
	echo "$address1_err";
	echo "$city_err";
	echo "$state_err";
	echo "$zip_err";
	echo "$answer_err";
}

}

?>

I am not the guru of coding, where might my error be?

[daveyboy]

Originally posted by johnsponheimer

	if ($sender_answer == yes) {
		print "<strong><font face=arial color=red size=3>You selected to receive updates from DreamWorks Home Entertainment.</font></strong>";
		$emaillist = fopen("emails.txt", "a");
		if (!$emaillist) die ("Cannot open the email list!");
		fwrite($emaillist, "\n$sender_email $sender_name");
		fclose($emaillist);
		}

[/B]

if ($sender_answer == "yes") { ...