[Resolved] PHP Forms---Radio and drop down box input type

mkr

Hi,

I have a form.html which uses method POST and several input types like text, radio and simple drop down boxes.
This form.html calls a form.php which takes the variables and inserts into a database.

Now , how do i define variables for radio type inputs and for simple drop down boxes ?

My script in from.html is as follows :

<TD ALIGN=RIGHT COLSPAN=2><b><font color =#5f0000>Gender : </font></TD>
<TD><INPUT NAME='male' TYPE=RADIO VALUE='m'>Male</TD>
</tr><tr>
<td></td><td></td>
<TD><INPUT NAME='female' TYPE=RADIO VALUE='f'>Female</TD>
<br><br>
<select name = test size =1 >
<option value = tsh>test1
<option value = amino>test2
<option value = galt>test3
<option value = biotin>test4
</select>
</TR

and in form.php,
$gender=$_post['gender']

$query=mysql_query("insert into $tablename values ('$gender')");

Now i wish to enter m in the database when male is selected and f for female.

And secondly if an test is selected from the drop down box, then i wish to throw to the entry operator another form to enter test details.

How do i go about the above?
many thanx in advance for responding to this post and offering solutions .

planetsim

Firstly its $POST not $post.
Secondly a radio feild is meant to have 2 or more options where only one option can be selected. Currently you have the checkbox method.

Change female and male names for the radio input field to something like gender

<TD ALIGN=RIGHT COLSPAN=2><b><font color =#5f0000>Gender : </font></TD>
<TD><INPUT NAME='gender' TYPE=RADIO VALUE='m'>Male</TD>
</tr><tr>
<td></td><td></td>
<TD><INPUT NAME='gender' TYPE=RADIO VALUE='f'>Female</TD>
<br><br>
<select name = test size =1 >
<option value = tsh>test1
<option value = amino>test2
<option value = galt>test3
<option value = biotin>test4
</select>
</TR>

That way when its posted to the PHP script we dont need to check if male or female was checked.

$_POST['gender']

I dont understand your second question though.

mkr

Planetsim,
Noted your corrections in the code.

My second question is :

Now when user selects Test1 from the drop down box , i wish to display another form pertaining to that particular test. The form would ask the user to submit variables reg test data and then would be passed to a .php file to insert into a backend mysql db.

Can i say <option value=test1.html>Test1
<option value = test2.html>Test2

bradgrafelman

if($_POST['test'] == 'test1') {

// do something

} else {

// do something else

}

If you're displaying different things for many different values, try using [man]switch/man like so:

switch($_POST['test']) {

case 'test1':
    // do something
    break;

case 'test2':
    // do something else
    break;

default:
    // do something even more else-like
    break;
}

mkr

Thank you planetsim, bradgrafelman for responding and resolving this post :-)