Need Code Help with drop down menu

TexasMasonIT

Please Help!
Go to http://www.claudeweidner.com/Test2
login:
demo
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If you look at the area where you put in your description and compare it to the same area at
http://www.claudeweidner.com/Test1, same login. I want to have a drop down menu where I can select preset templates that are called from a htm file. and pass to the test.php once form is submitted along with all the other info.
the preset template will only be a htm file that has the "description" info

Below is the code I am trying to pass, I know it is missing info as I am not that good with php.

This will take the place of the desription text area:

<?
<tr>
<td>
Choose Template:
<?
$category = array(
1=> "Credit",
2=> "DVD",
3=> "Watch",
4=> "Cell Phone",
);
$category = str_replace(" ", " ", $category);

echo '<SELECT name=category>';
foreach ($category as $key => $value)
{
echo '<OPTION value='.$value.'> '.$value.'';
}
echo '</select>';
?>
</td>
</tr>
/?>

Or something like this:

<tr>
<td>
Choose Template:
<select name="template">
<option value="includes/templates/credit.htm">Credit</option>
<option value="includes/template/dvd.htm">DVD</option>
<option value="includes/template/watch.htm">Watch</option>
<option value="includes/template/cell.htm">Cell Phone</option>
</td>
</tr>

This is the code where I am sending it:

if($_POST['desc_style'] == "i"){ $code .="<i>"; }
$code .="<div style='font-size: ".$_POST['desc_size']."px; color: #".$_POST['desc_color']."; font-weight: ".$_POST['desc_density'].";'>";
foreach($line as $quote){ $code .= $quote."<br>"; }
$code .="</div>";
if($_POST['desc_style'] == "i"){ $code .="</i>"; }


$code .="<br>

I am not that familar with php. I had someone write this for me years ago and I am trying to make some changes to fit my needs.
I appreciate any input on this and if you need more info or files, I'll be glad to get it to you.

Thanks

ixalmida

Try this:

<head>
  <script type='text/javascript'><!--
  // Dump file contents into Javascript variables...
  var opt1 = "<?php htmlspecialchars(file_get_contents("/path/file1.htm"), ENT_QUOTES); ?>"
  var opt2 = "<?php html_entities(file_get_contents("/path/file2.htm"), ENT_QUOTES); ?>"

  function showDescription(value)
    {
    switch(value)
      {
       case 1:
        document.form1.description.value = opt1
        break;
      case 2:
        document.form1.description.value = opt2
        break;
    }
  --></script>
</head>

<body>
<form name="form1" action="process.php" method="post">
  <select name="category" onChange="showDescription(this.value);">
    <?php
    foreach($category as $key => $value)
      echo '<OPTION value='.$key.'> '.$value.'';
    ?>
  </select
  <textarea name="description"></textarea>
</form>
</body>