Question on retrieving values from dropdown menu

JaneDoe

Ive created a bunch of dropdown menus repeatedly with the same value but giving it each a different select name by using a for loop. Heres part of my code so you can see what Ive done:

for ($i=1; $i<8; $i++){
echo "<td width=''><select name = 'AM[$i][]' class='style2'>
<option value='0:00'>12:00 AM</option>
<option value='0:00'>12:00 AM</option>

}

My question is how do I pull the chosen value from the menu and what is the syntax? What I really need to do is pull the value from each drop down menu and save it to the database. I know its a real easy thing but if you couldnt tell.... Im new with PHP. =)

nemonoman

Well, this is one loopy bit of code:

for ($i=1; $i<8; $i++){
echo "<td width=''><select name = 'AM[$i][]' class='style2'>
<option value='0:00'>12:00 AM</option>
<option value='0:00'>12:00 AM</option>

}
I assume at some point, you want to CLOSE the select, right?

echo "</select></td>"

Suppose your code is:

for ($i=1; $i<8; $i++){
echo "<td width=''><select name = 'AM[$i][]' class='style2'>
<option value='0:00'>12:00 AM</option>
<option value='0:00'>12:00 AM</option>
</select></td>";

}

You will have created 8 different drop down menus in 8 different table cells. Each dropdown will have 2 selections, and each selection will be '12:00AM

I really don't know what your problem is? Since the only possible choice offered to the user is 12.00AM, why don't you just populate your database directly?

Why even bother with dropdown menus?

JaneDoe

I just displayed a sample of what the option values will be. In actuality, the menu will display all 24 hours, e.g. 1:00, 2:00, 3:00. 4:00, and so forth but i just wanted to save the reptition. So my question is how do i pull the chosen value from the menu? If the user clicks on 4:00 from the menu, how do i get that value and stick it into the database? Is my question clear?

nemonoman

It's not clear from your example how best to answer your question. Why don't you post your real code?

JaneDoe

I realized I was sloppy in writing my code. Hopefully this helps....

for ($i=1; $i<8; $i++){
echo "<td width=''><select name = 'AM[$i][]' class='style2'>
<option value='0:00'>12:00 AM</option>
<option value='1:00'>1:00 AM</option>
<option value='2:00'>2:00 AM</option>
<option value='3:00'>3:00 AM</option>
<option value='4:00'>4:00 AM</option>
<option value='5:00'>5:00 AM</option>
<option value='6:00'>6:00 AM</option>
</select></td>"
}

Do you get the idea now?? It will list all the 24 hours in a day. But my question is how do i retreive the value that the user picked? If the user picked 2:00, how do i grab the value (2:00) so I can save it to the database. Remember I have seven of these drop down menus with different select name for each. Does this clarify my problem?

nemonoman

You don't really want to name your elements like this:

name = 'AM[$i][]'

just call them

name = 'AM[]'

You'll put the dropdowns on a form with a submit button.

The form will say <form action=Your.php method=post>

In Your.php you can retrieve the values from the global variable $_POST

$_POST['AM[0]'] will contain the selection from the first dropdown...a value like 01:00

$_POST['AM[1]'] will contain the selection from the second dropdown...a value like 01:00

Best would be to print_r($_POST)

and so on.