[Resolved] Adding information to "select".

[brainlag]

Not the full code....

$msg  = "Full Name: \t $name \n";
			$msg .= "Company: \t $company \n";  

			$msg .= "E-mail Address: \t $email \n";
			$msg .= "Phone Number: \t $phone \n";    

			$msg .= "Message: \n---\n $message \n---\n";


<select name="company" value="<?php echo $company ?>">
					<option>Cingular</option>	
	<option>SunCom</option>	
<option>Verizon</option>		<option>Nextell</option>	
	<option>Altell</option>		
	<option>Sprint PCS</option>

What I would like to do is add information after the phone number, dependent on what "company" is used. eg: if Cingular is selected, adding "@.mycingular.com" after the phone number so it would look like "[e-mail]" when the message was sent.

I got this code from a contact form and have tweaked it around a lot to suit my needs, but I haven't been able to get 'if' statements to work.

If I need to post the whole code, let me know.

Thank you.

[thorpe]

i must have posted this answer 100 times in the last week, but, this sort of thing is best handled client side using javascript. php wont know what has been selected until the form is submitted.

[brainlag]

Thanks for the answer. That helps me a lot and makes it easier to solve.

I didn't even think about the form being submitted first as a criteria. Now that is pointed out, it makes sense.

[leatherback]

Hi Brainlag,

We are a bit edgy at the moment: :glare: There is a lot of the same posts passing along. And as thorpe said.. yours passed by 100+ times this weekl. (Take it almost literally).

Please help us help you, and do a search through the last 2 or 3 pages in a forum to see whether your question matches answers given before, next time.

😃

J.

[brainlag]

I tried to search, but "if" and "form" are very popular statements. I just searched for the wrong thing I suppose. But I didn't look through the most recent threads - my bad.

I'm sure not knowing what all of the 'things' are called makes it a little more difficult as well. But I do understand the frustration level.

And I do appreciate the response. I didn't think the reply was in any way 'edgy'. I'm just embarrassed that I couldn't find it for myself.

[leatherback]

Hi Brainlag,

in this case I think you are actually going about it the right way.

Once the form is submitted, you have the name of the compagny. You can then in the message just put that variable behind the @ symbol. Or am I missing a vital problem here?

$msg .= "Phone Number: \t $phone@$company \n";

Sorry if people jumped to conclusions..

Jelle.

[brainlag]

I'm bad at explaing, so I shall try my best...

Each $company has its own method of email for cellphones. Company A's method might be [e-mail] Company B's method might be [e-mail]

What I was attempting to accomplish was letting users select their company, in an easy to read format:Cingular, Verizon, T-Mobile etc...

Since almost every company uses the 10 digit phone number before the @companya.com, I was wondering if, when the message is sent, could I fill in behind the $phone, the correct @compay.com based in the Company name?

It takes me hours to write something simple, so this will be a very poor example...

I was thinking about defining the Company and the email ending.

Cingular = @cingular.com
Verizon = @.com
etc.

Then, adding the correct email ending to the $phone

if $company = Cingular, then "@cingular.com"

elseif $company = Verison, then "@verison.com"

else $company = other, then "Provider unknown"

I know the context is completely wrong, but it's about the best I can do, unless I spend 2 hours putting together the actual statements and code. I was more concerned about the concept and if putting the "if" behind the phone was the correct thing to do.

[leatherback]

Hi,

You can do a few things.

First:

use the switch statement:

like:

switch($comp_name):
 {
case "voda" :
$extention = "@vodaphone.nl":
break;

case "Someother" :
 $extention = "@someother.com";
break;

default:
 $extention = "Unknown";
break;

}
{/php]

Or.. You can use an array:
[code=php]
$extentions = array(
"voda" => "@vodaphone.nl",
"Someother" => "@someother.com"
)

if($extentions[$comp_name] == "")
  {
   $this_extention = "Unknown company";
  }
else
  {
$this_extention = $phone.$extentions[$comp_name];
  }

[brainlag]

I used

switch($company)
 {
case "Cingular" :
$extention = "@mobile.mycingular.com";
break;

case "Verizon" :
 $extention = "@vtext.com";
break;

case "SunCom" :
 $extention = "@tms.suncom.com";
 break;

 case "Nextell" :
 $extention = "@messaging.nextel.com";
 break;

 case "Altell" :
 $extention = "@alltelmessage.com";
 break;

 case "Sprint PCS" :
 $extention = "@messaging.sprintpcs.com";
 break;

default:
 $extention = "Unknown";
break;

} 

and changed the $phone line to

$msg .= "Phone Number: \t $phone$extention \n";

Works exactly how I had invisioned!

Thank you so very much! I assume prepairing the $msg took care of the submitting problem. This makes my life easier 😃