Variable passing via URL

[Pie]

I've got a function ReturnDate which returns a date value in the format
"Thur Feb 06, 2003".

<FORM action="test.php?select1=$select1&select2=$select2" method="POST">
<P>
<LABEL for="grp_size">Group Size: </LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="grp_size" size="3" maxlength="3"><BR>
<LABEL for="grp_date">Group to be formed by: </LABEL><BR>
<?php $select1=ReturnDate();?><BR>
<LABEL for="ass_date">Assignment due by: </LABEL><BR>
<?php $select2=ReturnDate();?><BR>
<INPUT type="submit" name="makegrp" value="Make Group Template">
</P>
</FORM>

and I made test.php just to see if I can pass the variables over:

<?php
$select1=$_GET['select1'];
$select2=$_GET['select2'];
echo $select1;
echo $select2;
?>

Problem is the output always turns out to be:
$select1
$select2

Can someone offer some advice?

[jpmoriarty]

do you have global variables on? Try remming out the

$select1=$GET['select1'];
$select2=$GET['select2'];

lines and see if it picks up the values through the global variables.

WHOA!!

Just read your post again, and non no no no no no.

Your "post" action does it all for you - there's no need to append the variables to it (that's why it's not working I'd guess). just change it to
<FORM action="test.php" method="POST">
and change the variables into hidden fields:

<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"select1\" value=\"".ReturnDate()."\">
etc

Also, if your method is "POST" then you're unlikely to get anything from the $_GET variables...

Looks like you've got quite a bit going on. Try some of the things I've said above, and see how you get on. Any more problems or it doesnt work, then give me a shout.

[Pie]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply. I actually received it soon after you posted but I wanted to fiddle around with the code first before replying.

I edited my code until it finally spit out the correct answer...though I'm still unclear on what the variable, $default, in the DateDropDown function does. I also tried to pass the variable as hidden input but couldn't get it to work.

Global variables is off..I don't think its good to turn it on right?

<?php

function DateDropDown($size,$default,$name)
{
   $skip=1;
   echo "<select name=$name STYLE=\"font-family: monospace;\">\n";
   for ($i = 0; $i <= $size; $i++){
      $theday=mktime(0,0,0,date("m") ,date("d")+$i ,date("Y"));
      $option=date("D M j, Y",$theday);
      $value=date("m:d:Y",$theday);
      $dow=date("D",$theday);
      if ($dow=="Sun") {
         echo "<option disabled>&nbsp;</option>\n";
      }
      if ($value == $default) {
         $selected="SELECTED";
      } else {
         $selected="";
      }
      if (($dow!="Sun" and $dow!="Sat") or !$skip) {
         echo "<option value=\"$value\" $selected>$option</option>\n";
      }
   }
   echo "</select>\n";
}

echo '<FORM action="test.php" method="POST">
      <P>
      <LABEL for="grp_size">Group Size: </LABEL>
      <INPUT type="text" name="grp_size" size="3" maxlength="3"><BR>
      <LABEL for="grp_date">Group to be formed by: </LABEL><BR>';
DateDropDown(90,"dropdate","dropdate1");
echo '<BR><LABEL for="ass_date">Assignment due by: </LABEL><BR>';
DateDropDown(90,"dropdate","dropdate2");
echo '<BR><INPUT type="submit" value="Make Group Template">
      </P>
      </FORM>';
?>

My test.php code is as follows, I changed $GET to $POST after you pointed it out.

<?php
$dropdate1=$_POST['dropdate1'];
$dropdate2=$_POST['dropdate2'];
echo $dropdate1;
echo $dropdate2;
?>