PHP: executing urls and variables

[CreativeForce]

Take a look at this form I could really use some help.

This is the form:

<form method="get" name="sw">
<select name="swspecies">
<option value="">Please Select...</option>
<option name="the Ewoks" value="0">the Ewok</option>
<option name="the Wookiee" value="1">the Wookiee</option>
<option name="the Jawa" value="2">the Jawa</option>
<option name="the Mon Calamari" value="3">the Mon Calamari</option>
</select>
<input type"text" name="swcharactername" value="">
<input type="submit" value"Go!">
</form>

This is the PHP:

<?php
$speciewithname_array=array(
0=>"the Ewok",
1=>"the Wookiee",
2=>"the Jawa",
3=>"the Mon Calamarian");
$speciewithoutname_array=array(
0=>"Ewok",
1=>"Wookie",
2=>"Jawa",
3=>"Mon Calamarian");

if(is_array($post) && count($post)>1){
if($post["swcharactername"]!=""){
$speciewithname=$speciewithname_array[$key];}
//what i'm trying to write here is IF swcharactername is NOT blank then I want to extract out your charactername (the name you submitted) and specie for later use. It would maybe be better two makes these two variables into one variable. example: "Creative Force the Ewok". But I don't know how 🙁
elseif($post["searchtext"]==""){
$speciewithoutname=$speciewithoutname["$key"];}
//what i'm trying to write here is IF swcharactername is blank then charactername is Ewok.

I then want to use the variables i have gathered to open up a window (doesn't matter if it's the same window or a new one):
"http://localhost/starwarsrpgame/characterinfo/($swcharactername + $speciewithname).html or http://localhost/starwarsrpgame/characterinfo/(one variable).html

As you can see from the coding I absolutely know nothing about PHP.

I'm sure you have all written tons of threads explaining this. But I just don't know where to search for them. 🙁

Thanks

[salomo]

Hi CreativeForce,

here is the code to check for the User-Name:

// Is a species selected?
if ($_GET["swspecies"] != "" ) {
   // No username:
   if ($_GET["swcharactername"] == "" ) {
      $username = $speciewithoutname_array[$_GET["swspecies"]];
   }
   // User has entered a name:
   else {
      $username=$_GET["swcharactername"] . " " . $speciewithname_array[$_GET["swspecies"]];
   }
// User has not made a selection for the species:
else {
  echo "<p>Please select a species";
}
// If there is a username print a link to the user-site:
if ($username != "" ) { 
   echo ("<p><a href="http://localhost/starwarsrpgame/characterinfo/".$username.".html";

Hope I could help you.

Salomo