Selection from option based on database values - php

Question

I'm working on last part on my project, I'm building web-site, in this part, I want to display options of a job ( whether the job still in progress or Completed )
I gave my row in mysql enum values, "Completed","InProgress"
and when the student pick a job, the JobStatus will be "InProgress"
and the student can change this value from his JobLists page, when it's done, he can change it to Completed. and it will be changed in the Database
and this is my code trying to, in this Code, it shows me an Error on the Update Query
JobStatus = '".$_POST['JobStatus'] is not Defined ?? any one can help PLEASE Guys
<?php
//Connect to DB
include('CIEcon.php');
$sqlCommand ="SELECT Accounts.SSU , Jobs.JobName, Jobs.Description, Jobs.DueDate,Jobs.JobId, JobsLists.JobStatus FROM JobsLists,Jobs,Accounts WHERE Accounts.SSU = JobsLists.SSU AND Jobs.JobId = JobsLists.JobId And Accounts.SSU = '".$_SESSION['SSU']."' ";
$result = mysqli_query($dbCIE,$sqlCommand) or die(mysql_error());
echo "<form action='JobsLists.php' method='post'>";
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td> <input type='checkbox' name='JobId[]' value='". $row['JobId'] ."' /> </td>";
echo "<td align=center>" . $row['SSU'] . "</td>";
echo "<td align=center>" . $row['JobName'] . "</td>";
echo "<td align=center> " . $row['Description'] . "</td>";
echo "<td align=center>" . $row['DueDate'] . "</td>";
echo "<td align=center>" .
"<select>
<option name = JobStatus[".$row['JobId']."] value='InProgress' selected> In Progress </option>
<option name = JobStatus[".$row['JobId']."] value='Completed' > Completed </option>
</select>" . "</td>"; // need to be worked on..
echo "</tr>";
}
"</table>";
//Connect to DB
include('CIEcon.php');
// save the SSU for the current user to save the sata when insert jobs in jobslist
$SSU = $_SESSION['SSU'];
/////
//handle this when to save a status.
if( isset($_POST['save']) ){
if( empty($_POST['JobId']) || $_POST['JobId'] == 0 ){
echo"<h4> Status Wasn't Changed.. </h4>";
}else{
include('CIEcon.php'); //$dbCIE
foreach($_POST['JobId'] AS $i){
/// update JobsLists table with the new status..
$sqlUpdate = "UPDATE JobsLists SET JobStatus = '".$_POST['JobStatus'][$i]."' WHERE JobId = '" . $i . "'";
$resultUpdate = mysqli_query($dbCIE,$sqlUpdate) or die(mysqli_error($dbCIE));
}
// TEST ONLY ////////----------------------------------------////////////
if (mysqli_affected_rows($dbCIE) > 0) {
echo "<h4> You have successfully Saved your statuse </h4>";
}else{ echo "<h4> Error occurred </h4> "; }
////////----------------------------------------////////////
} // end of else, when user select something..
}
?>

Answer 1

It's because you haven't named the select box which you are trying to send values with.. HTML <option>s don't have a name, but only a value. it is this value which is the assigned to the name of the <select> in $_POST
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td> <input type='checkbox' name='JobId[]' value='". $row['JobId'] ."' /> </td>";
echo "<td align=center>" . $row['SSU'] . "</td>";
echo "<td align=center>" . $row['JobName'] . "</td>";
echo "<td align=center> " . $row['Description'] . "</td>";
echo "<td align=center>" . $row['DueDate'] . "</td>";
echo "<td align=center>" .
echo "<select name='JobStatus[".$row['JobId']."]'>";
if($row['JobStatus'] == "InProgress"){
echo "<option value='InProgress' selected>In Progress</option>";
echo "<option value='Completed'>Completed</option>";
} else {
echo "<option value='InProgress'>In Progress</option>";
echo "<option value='Completed' selected> Completed </option>";
}
echo "</select>" . "</td>"; // need to be worked on..
echo "</tr>";
}
"</table>";