select form again

efholer

I dug through some of the older threads having to do with passing variables from html select forms, but didn't see what I was looking for.

basic code is:

\select form with select name=somename[]

\then a few options for the drop down menu with values

then in my php code i want to write an if/else sequence:

if (value 1 is true) do something
elseif (value 2 is true) do something

etc

but i can't seem to get any of the values to test true...

any sugesstions?

eric

Mordecai

Well, start out with your select:

<select name="select1">
  <option selected value="value1">Value 1</option>
  <option value="value2">Value 2</option>
</select>

Then, in your PHP file, simply get the value of $POST["select1"] or $GET["select1"].
Also, if you use a switch, it will go much faster:

switch (intval($_POST["select1"])) {
  case 1:
    echo("You chose value 1.");
  break;
  default:
    echo("You chose something not yet coded.");
}

efholer

Maybe this will be better - here's what I have so far - can you tell me why it won't work? I've loaded the page just fiine, but no matter what option i choose from the select menu, I get the same output from the elseif line.

<?php

include('fntemplate.php');

?>

<h3>Various photos taken since my move to Seattle in December, 2001</h3>
<p>
<b>Please select a category.</b>
</p>
<br>
<form action="photos.php" method="POST">
        <select name="category[]">
                <option value="0">Select
                <option value="1">People
                <option value="2">Places
                <option value="3">Things

    </select>
    <input type="submit" name="submit1" value="Get 'em!">
</form>

<?php

if ($category[1])
{

    echo "Thanks, it works.";
} else {
                echo "Doesn't work.";
}


include('fncloser.php');

?>

matt_4013

Hi, your understanding of single select boxes is wrong.

This will set your select box name to category[0]. The first element of the category array, NOT the value of your option.

If you set it to:
<select name="category">
<option value="0">Pie</option>
<option value="1">Beer</option>
<option value="2">Chicks</option>
</select>

And the user selects "Chicks", the value of $_POST['category'] (or $category if you have register_globals off) will be 2.

If you have it like you had it before with the [], to get the value you would need to do $_POST['category'][0].

Hope that helps,
Matt

efholer

Thanks Matt. I'll give what you suggest a shot and see what I can make work.

Eric

efholer

Worked like a charm. Thanks again, Matt.