Forms help

[msconnelly1]

Hi. I am trying to set up a shopping cart with paypal.com. They provide the code to work with there site, but I can not get one of my data variables to pass through correctly. This is what I have:

<?php
print("<select name=basket_size>");
if($row[6] > 0)
{print("<option value=$row[6]>Small.....$row[6]");}

if($row[7] > 0)
{print("<option value=$row[7]>Medium...$row[7]");}

if($row[8] > 0)
{print("<option value=$row[8]>Large.....$row[8]");}
?>
</select>

<a href="#" onclick="window.open('https://www.paypal.com/cart/add=1&business=wiyb%mydomain.net&item_name= <?php print("$row[1]"); ?> &item_number= <?php print("$row[0]"); ?>&amount= basket_size&return=http%3A//completed.com&cancel_return=http%3A//cancel.com&no_note=1','cartwin','width=600,height=400,scrollbars,location,resizable,status');"><img src="http://images.paypal.com/images/sc-but-03.gif" border="0"></a>

The problem I have is with the AMOUNT value, which I am trying to pass through with the drop down box that shows the small, medium, and large prices.

Thanks in advance for any help. I am trying to get this up and running while I figure out sessions for later.

Mike

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In thw window.open you are using a URL.
URL's may not contain spaces.

I suggest you use plain PHP to create the URL, and then us urlencode() to make it into a qualitfied URL:

$sURL "https://www.paypal.com/cart/add=1&business=wiybmydomain.net&item_name=".$row[1]."&item_number=".$row[0]."the_rest";

$sURL = urlencode($sURL);

And never quote variables!

[Anon]

Thanks for the help.

Is this the reason that my variable from the drop down list is not going through to paypal?

Thanks again for the help.
Mike

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Probably yes.

The URL is valid up until the first space. Everything after that is ignored.