help with form script

[wadworks]

Hi All

Im going to create a php form that allows someone to signup to my web hosting site, once they have filled in all the relevant parts and the have selected the hosting package they want and hit the submit button, i want the form to take them to a correct webpage that will allow them to pay for the package that they have selected on the form. I know how to create the form boxes and drop down boxes but i dont know the correct coding to pick up package variableon the last drop down box :bemused:

Can anyone the please help!!!!!!!!!!

Many thanks

Peter

[willsteele]

You could use an if-else expression based on variables passed from the value="" field of the drop down box to drive them to the selected page.

For instance, if you have three options:

<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>

Setting up a conditional like this might work:

<?php 
$value="1"
$value="2"
$value="3"

if(value=1
  print("<?php require_ONCE('http://www.url1.com')?>;
?>

<?php
if(value=2
  print("<?php require_ONCE('http://www.url2.com')?>;
?>

<?php
if(value=3
  print("<?php require_ONCE('http://www.url3.com')?>;
?>

Where the urls are the selected pages you wish to direct them to.

[Weedpacket]

No, that's just silly. As well as being spectacularly bad semantics. And wrong.

$packages = array(
    1=>'url:for-package-1',
    2=>'url:for-package-2',
    3=>'url:for-package-3',
    4=>'url:for-package-4',
    5=>'url:for-package-5',
); // Possible option values
$package = $_POST['package']; // Assuming you named the field "package" and you're using a POSTed form.
if(isset($packages[$package])) // A valid selection
{
  header('Location: '.$packages[$package]);
  exit;
}

Because it's using a header(), you'll need to do this before you generate any output to be sent to the browser. But then, if you're redirecting them to another page, there's nothing you should be outputting on this page anyway!

[wadworks]

Hi

Thanks for the quick respones, i will give them a go and let you guys know how it went.

Many thanks for the help

Peter