dropdown

[del753]

hi, ive got the following piece of code populating a drop down, can anyone tell me what i need to add to stop the user moving on if the value is still 'choose' when they press the submit button..thanks

<FORM method = "POST" action = "next.php">
<SELECT NAME=Sname> 
<OPTION VALUE=0>Choose
<?=$options?> 
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT value = "submit">
</option>

[rachel2004]

I personally use "-1" where in your example you used "0" because when I create drop-down menus, I generally do it with the assistance of an array and index "0" means the fist item in the array. Anway, here goes:

// your HTML form
<select name="sname">
<option value="-1">Plese choose</option>
<option value="0">apple</option>
<option value="1">orange</option>
</select>

<?php 
// your PHP form handling script
$choice = trim($_POST['sname']);

// simply check if the value is set to -1:
if ($choice == "-1") {
    // send user back to form or whatever
}

// rest of the form handling code goes here
?>

[TheDefender]

If Rachel's suggestion isn't what you are looking for, and you want to validate before the form gets submitted, then you need to do a JavaScript form validation on that field using an onClick or onSubmit attribute. You may want to post your question on a JavaScript forum to get some help with that.