PHP drop down menu - php

Question

I want to get values of the selected items from 3 drop down menus ( years , month and day) using PHP ,
I tried this but didn't work
<p><font size="6"> <b>TP3</b></font></p>
<p>
</p>
<table align="center" width="800" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td><p><?php echo "Date : " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";?></p><br/>
<?php $date = new DateTime();
$day = $date->format('d');
$month = $date->format('m');
$year = $date->format('Y'); ?>
<select name="day">
<option value="day" selected="selected">Day</option>
<?php
for($i=1; $i<=31; $i++)
{
printf('<option value="%d" %s>%d</option>', $i, $i == $day ? 'selected="selected"' : '', $i);
}
?>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<select name="month">
<option value="month" selected="selected">Month</option>
<?php
for($i=1; $i<=12; $i++)
{
echo "<option value=".$i.">".$i."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<select name="years">
<option value="years" selected="selected">Years</option>
<?php
for($i=2000; $i<=2020; $i++)
{
echo "<option value=".$i.">".$i."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Verify Date">

Answer 1

First, you'll need to add your <form action="action.php" method="post"></form> tags so the browser knows where to post the data to. In your "action.php" file, you can retrieve the values the user set the controls to when the form is submitted using the $_POST array:
$day = $_POST['day'];
$month = $_POST['month'];
$year = $_POST['year'];
EDIT: If you wish to use the GET method instead of POST, then simply replace $_POST with $_GET.

Answer 2

Try it
<p><font size="6"> <b>TP3</b></font></p>
<p>
</p>
<table align="center" width="800" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td><p><?php echo "Date : " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";?></p><br/>
<?php $date = new DateTime();
$day = $date->format('d');
$month = $date->format('m');
$year = $date->format('Y'); ?>
<select name="day">
<option value="day" selected="selected">Day</option>
<?php
$i=1;
for($i=1; $i<=31; $i++)
{
printf('<option value="%d" %s>%d</option>', $i, $i == $day ? 'selected="selected"' : '', $i);
}
?>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<select name="month">
<option value="month" selected="selected">Month</option>
<?php
$i=1;
for($i=1; $i<=12; $i++)
{
echo "<option value=".$i.">".$i."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<select name="years">
<option value="years" selected="selected">Years</option>
<?php
$i=2000;
for($i=2000; $i<=2020; $i++)
{
echo "<option value=".$i.">".$i."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Verify Date">

Answer 3

Firstly, you're missing <form></form> tags (this is very important).
Then a method (GET or POST), but we'll be using POST for this: method="post".
<form> defaults to GET if the method is omitted, a quick FYI.
Then there's the action (see further down below for an examle). The action determines if you wish to execute and show the data pulled in from your form inside the same file action=""
or using an external file action="handler.php".
Here:
<p><font size="6"> <b>TP3</b></font></p>
<p>
</p>
<table align="center" width="800" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td><p><?php echo "Date : " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";?></p><br/>
<?php $date = new DateTime();
$day = $date->format('d');
$month = $date->format('m');
$year = $date->format('Y'); ?>
<form action="" method="post">
<select name="day">
<option value="day" selected="selected">Day</option>
<?php
for($i=1; $i<=31; $i++)
{
printf('<option value="%d" %s>%d</option>', $i, $i == $day ? 'selected="selected"' : '', $i);
}
?>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<select name="month">
<option value="month" selected="selected">Month</option>
<?php
for($i=1; $i<=12; $i++)
{
echo "<option value=".$i.">".$i."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<select name="years">
<option value="years" selected="selected">Years</option>
<?php
for($i=2000; $i<=2020; $i++)
{
echo "<option value=".$i.">".$i."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Verify Date">
</form>
Plus, I don't know what type of action you wish to use, that will be up to you to decide.
So change action="" to the file handler you wish to use.
I.e.: action="handler.php" and do your magic from there.
Example of handler.php: and will produce for example Day: 14 Month: 10 Year: 2014
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$day = $_POST['day'];
$month = $_POST['month'];
$year = $_POST['years'];
echo "Day: " . $day . " ";
echo "Month: " . $month . " ";
echo "Year: " . $year;
}
?>
You can place the above inside its own file, or place it below:
// rest of code from your form/code
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Verify Date">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$day = $_POST['day'];
// rest of code
I believe this has answered your question.
Mark it as accepted to close the question properly:
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