paypal

[PaulaRun]

I'm sending the price of an item to paypal. I'm using a dropdown box for the price (they're different items) and trying to send the appropriate price depending on what the user selected. I've already checked that the use has chosen a price using JS. I'm checking the value of dd (select name) and that isn't working.

How can I do this?

echo "<select size=\"1\" name=\"dd\">";
          echo "<option value=0 selected>Select</option>";
          echo "<option value=1>$".stripslashes($row["price1"])."</option>";
          echo "<option value=2>$".stripslashes($row["price2"])."</option></select>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";
          echo '<br><br>';
          echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=".stripslashes($row["prod_name"]).">";
          if(dd == '1'){
   				echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"amount\" value=".stripslashes($row["price1"]).">";
		  }
			elseif(dd == '2')
			{
  				echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"amount\" value=".stripslashes($row["price2"]).">";
		  }

[sissy]

This mite aid in some help, i just quickly did it so it would need some error checking and what not.

<?php

$prices = array('$22', '$32', '$42');

?>
<form name="form" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
 <select name="dd">
  <option>Select</option>
  <?php foreach ($prices as $price) { ?>
  <option<?php echo $_POST['dd'] == $price ? ' selected' : ''; ?>><?php echo $price; ?></option>
  <?php } ?>
 </select>
 <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="<?php echo $_POST['dd']; ?>">
 <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

You could also do it without the hidden input and just using it on the option but im not sure exactly how your going to process it so i will let you decide 🙂

Hope this helps in some way?

[PaulaRun]

Thanks sissy. I'm sorry I should have explained what I was doing. This is an ecommerce site where I'm using paypal. The products are displayed on the screen from a mysql database. The user choses which product he wants by clicking on the drop down (2 different prices) then the add to cart button. When I'm sending the info to paypal, I need to send the appropriate price. I just need to know how to determine which price the user clicked - the if statement isn't working. How can I tell which price the user has chosen?

This is the form:

<?
echo '<form target="_open"  action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="POST" onSubmit="return validator(this);"> ';
          echo '<br>';
          echo '<input type="text" name="quantity" size="2" value="" ><font size="1">&nbsp; Qty &nbsp;<br>';
          echo '<br>';
          echo "<select size=\"1\" name=\"dd\">";
          echo "<option value=0 selected>Select</option>";
          echo "<option value=1>$".stripslashes($row["price1"])."</option>";
          echo "<option value=2>$".stripslashes($row["price2"])."</option></select>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";
          echo '<br><br>';
          echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=".stripslashes($row["prod_name"]).">";
          if(dd == '1'){
                echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"amount\" value=".stripslashes($row["price1"]).">";
		  }
	elseif(dd == '2')
			{
	echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"amount\" value=".stripslashes($row["price2"]).">";
		  }
		  echo '<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">';
	      echo '<input type="hidden" name="business" value="[e-mail]">';	
		  echo '<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.mysite.com/home.htm">';
		  echo '<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.mysite.com/confirm.htm">';
		  echo '<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">';
		  echo "<font size=\"1\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Add to Cart\"></font>";

echo '</form>';	

?>