passing $variables in URL

[bobby_rahman]

Hiya,

Every threads talk about pairs such as test.php?var1=bla

I want to send the contents of a variable $project which is selected form a drop down box.

AS the option of the drop down box may change how can I do this:

I am sort of trying to send test.php?var1=$project.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Cheers
Bb

[laserlight]

I want to send the contents of a variable $project which is selected form a drop down box.

Send it where?

Generally, if you have a form with a selection menu, you might use the POST method, then you would access it by $_POST['project']

Of course what is stored within say, $_POST['project'] may be different, since it is a variable after all, so its contents is variable.

Generally, name/value pairs like what you apparently want to use would be from a hyperlink, not a selection menu, unless your form uses the GET method for some reason.

[matt_4013]

Like laserlight said, your form has to have the GET method defined, and your select box needs to be named (in this case) "project". Then, when you submit the form, it will pass the variable project to the query string.

<form action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="get">
<select name=\"project\">
<option value=\"1\">Project 1</option>
<option value=\"2\">Project 2</option>
</select>
<input type=\"submit\">
</form>