Problems w/ a $_POST command.

scm24

I am using this code, on an initial page, for a dynamic drop-down:

echo "<select name=Race_Name>Race Name</option>";

while($nt=mysql_fetch_array($result)){//Array or records stored in $nt

echo "<option value=$nt[ID]>$nt[Race]</option>";

/ Option values are added by looping through the array /

}
echo "</select>\n";// Closing of list box

On the subsequent page I use the following code to try to extract the value chosen before:

$raceID=$_POST["Race_Name"];

The variable above doesn't get populated; so, am I missing an array reference or something?

Thanks in advance.

cmp241

I am not to familiar with drop down menus but hopefully my code snippet can help you figure something out

$result	= mysql_query("select *	from $tname");
	$i = 0;
	echo "<form action=\"editrecord.php\" method=\"post\">";
	while ($i < mysql_num_fields($result))
	{
		$meta =  mysql_fetch_field($result, $i);
		echo "$meta->name:<input type=\"text\" name=\"fname[]\" /><br>";		$i++;
	}
	mysql_close($con);
	echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"lastsubmit\" />";
	echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Show Field(s)\" />
		</form>";

So I allow the user to input their data in the fname[] input box, then in the next file I retrieve the data by. this statement in the next page, then you can use a loop to print it. hopefully you can put 2 and 2 together and make it work.

$fname2=$_POST['fname'];

Piranha

First, please post all code inside [php ] and [/php ] tags (without the spaces), it makes it easy to spot errors.

I haven't used select in a long time, so I don't know for sure if there is an error with that. But I don't think so. There are however a few things that should be changed:

echo "<select name='Race_Name'>Race Name"; // Always add ' signs around the values in tags. Also the </option> is not needed here.

while($nt=mysql_fetch_array($result)){//Array or records stored in $nt

echo "<option value='" . $nt['ID'] . "'>" . $nt['Race'] . "</option>"; // ' signs around the value and ' singns to select the column.

/* Option values are added by looping through the array */

}
echo "</select>\n";// Closing of list box

If that does not solve it I think some more code is needed, like the code for the whole form and even what is outputted in HTML

scm24

I added the additional points to my code, but the post is still not working. Could it be how I am storing the variable?