getting the selected list item value

Tonka1979

Hi guys!

I know that the value for each element of my form is available through $_POST['element_name'] but this doesn't work for lists.

Can anyone tell me how I refer to the item selected in a list (combo box)?

Thank you!

samudasu

$_POST['select_name'][0];
$_POST['select_name'][1];
$_POST['select_name'][2];

Tonka1979

It doesn't work... and besides that, even if it would, how do I know which one is the SELECTED item? I only need its value.

Houdini

Why don't you post your code samudasu tried to give an answer but it is possible that what you are doing with your code is wrong. Without your code he was shooting in the dark, give a target to shoot at in plain light.
The sum total of you post is this minus whitespace

Hi guys!
I know that the value for each element of my form is available through $_POST['element_name'] but this doesn't work for lists.
Can anyone tell me how I refer to the item selected in a list (combo box)?
Thank you!

That does not help a whole lot.

Tonka1979

Here's the code:

echo "<select name=\"list\"><OPTION value=0 selected>Questions</OPTION>";
// populate the list
$sql_opt = "select questione from questions";
$rez=mysql_query($sql_opt);
while ($rand=mysql_fetch_row($rez)){
if (mysql_errno()){
die("<br><b>".mysql_errno().":".mysql_error()."</b><br>");
exit;
}
foreach($rand as $coloana){
echo "<option value=$coloana>$coloana</option>";
}
}
echo "</select>";

And then I want to show a different content on my page depending on the item being selected in the list.

samudasu

It does work for lists. If you're only picking a single value out of the select box all you do is print out the post variable with the list name. And another thing, you don't need to display error messages and put a foreach loop inside your while statement. It' s just a waste. mysql error and die should go after mysql_connect, mysql_select_db, and mysql_query where they're useful.

print $_POST['list']; // print out the select variable

while ($rand = mysql_fetch_row($rez)) { // While statement should look like this
    print "<option value=\"$rand[0]\">$rand[0]</option>";
}

EDIT: On my first post i thought you were looking to retrieve multiple values from a select box so that's why i answered with $_POST['select_name'][0];