converting dropdown value to PHP

[rstambau]

Hello. Boy I could use some PHP help on this. Here is what I am trying to do.

I want to build a dropdown box that includes a list of colleges.
Here is an example of one of the options:

<OPTION value="156"><font face="Arial" size="2">Alabama State University</font>

When someone chooses this college from the dropdown form, I need to store the value assigned to that college(156) into a PHP session variable that I can use in other pages of my site to display name/logo.

Can this be done? If so, how? I would appreciate the help. thanks

[eoghain]

<?php
   $college_id = $dropdown;
   session_start();
   session_register($college_id);
?>

That's all you need on the page that your drop down is submitted to. Then you'll need session_start() at the top of every page where you want to access the session variables.

[kristianblom]

<?php
session_start();
$college_id = $_REQUEST['dropdown_name'];//You can use POST or GET depending on the form.

//You can do ...
session_register("college_id");
//But I think this is better
$_SESSION['college_id'] = $college_id;

?>

[rstambau]

Thank you for your time. You guys are good!