value

[Anon]

hi, i have problem by using the drop down list. i can retrieve the record from database and put into drop down list, but problem is, i can't taking the value when i passing the value to other page or save to database.

any option?

thanks and regards,
vennly

[Anon]

ok there are some common mistakes that people often do..
so check whether you have done any of them.
the option tag in select should look like this <option name=SomeVar value="<?php echo $someVar; ?>">
remeber the double quotes for the keyword value.. it must be there ..
it would be great if you would post your exact code

ashay

[Anon]

<form name=f>
<select name=foo>
<option value=bar>
<option value=barbara>
<option value="foo bar">
</select>
</form>

should work, even without quotes on options value. You only need quotes if value contains whitespaces, single quotes, special chars and so on.

Zpiff

[Anon]

but i didn't hard code, i'm retrieve from database. this is one of them

<?php

$query2 = mysql_query("select distinct vorname from contacts");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query2))
{ print "<option value=\"$row[Attention]\">$row[vorname]</option>"; }

?>

If hard code, it can put in db, but if retrieve....

thanks and regard,
vennly