Select name as variable

Nihilists

In reference of a script located at:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10248345

I want to make the select name as a variable

<select name="variable" size="1" onChange="redirect1(this.options.selectedIndex)">

based off what they select in the first box

<select name="example" size="1" onChange="redirect(this.options.selectedIndex)">
<option selected>Choose Wisely</option>
<option>Choice 1</option>
<option>Choice 2</option>

So choice 1 would change the select name of both option 1 and 2
That way depending on what is first selected the form would submit different select names to a shopping cart.

I realize the script is mostly done in java but I am willing to use php since it does not need to refresh... to my knowledge

DeltaRho2K

Gotta be done using javascript, since the php is processed before the output is ever sent to the browser...

Nihilists

Wouldn't the php be process when the user clicks add to cart.

DeltaRho2K

Sure, but I am thinking you want to update one select box based on the value of another... If you are using hard coded values, this is no big deal, but would still require the use of javasciript, and php doesn't come into play at all.

If the drop-down values are stored in a table, then you would need to write a query to get the data anyhow, but you still need javascript to reload the page in order to query the table...

Either way, javascript is a necessity...

Nihilists

I have javascript that make the second and third menu populated based on the first dynamically. Only the name and values are changed not the select name... which is where I am stumped