Get selected text from dropdown in PHP - php

Question

I am totally new in PHP, in fact the reason I am doing this is to customize a wordpress plugin so it can fit my need. So far I have a default form, what I am doing now is to add a country dropdown. Here's how I add it
<div class="control-group">
<label class="control-label" for="Country">Country :</label>
<div class="controls">
<select id="itemType_id" name="cscf[country]" class="input-xlarge">
<option value="malaysia#email.com">Malaysia</option>
<option value="indonesia#email.com">Indonesia</option>
</select>
<span class="help-inline"></span>
</div>
</div>
So far I only able to retrieve the value of selected item with
$cscf['country'];
How can I get the display text which is the country name in this case ?

Answer 1

You can use a hidden field, and with JavaScript and jQuery you can set the value to this field, when the selected value of your dropdown changes.
<select id="itemType_id" name="cscf[country]" class="input-xlarge">
<option value="malaysia#email.com">Malaysia</option>
<option value="indonesia#email.com">Indonesia</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" name="country" id="country_hidden">
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#itemType_id").change(function(){
$("#country_hidden").val(("#itemType_id").find(":selected").text());
});
});
</script>
Then when your page is submitted, you can get the name of the country by using
$_POST["country"]

Answer 2

<select name="text selection" onchange="getText(this)">
<option value="">Select text</option>
<option value="1">my text 1</option>
<option value="2">my text 2</option>
</select>
First put a java script function on the attribute "onchange" of the select.
Then, create your function that will transfer the text in a text box by using getElementById
<script>
function getText(element) {
var textHolder = element.options[element.selectedIndex].text
document.getElementById("txt_holder").value = textHolder;
}
</script>
Then create a temporary holder:
<input type="" name="txt_holder" id="txt_holder"> type should be hidden
Then assign it in a PHP variable:
$variableName=$_POST['txt_holder'];

Answer 3

Try this
<?php
if(isset($_POST['save']))
{
$arrayemail = $_POST['cscf'];
$mail = $arrayemail['country'];
$explode=explode('#',$mail);
// print_r($explode);
if(isset($explode[0]))
echo ucfirst($explode[0]);
}
?>
<form method="post">
<div class="controls">
<select id="itemType_id" name="cscf[country]" class="input-xlarge">
<option value="malaysia#email.com">Malaysia</option>
<option value="indonesia#email.com">Indonesia</option>
</select>
<span class="help-inline"></span>
</div>
<div class="controls">
<input type="submit" name='save' value="Save"/>
<span class="help-inline"></span>
</div>
</form>

Answer 4

Try it like,
<?php
if(isset($_POST['save']))
{
//Let $_POST['cscf']['country']= malaysia#email.com
// you can explode by # and get the 0 index name of country
$cnt=explode('#',$_POST['cscf']['country']);
if(isset($cnt[0]))// check if name exists in email
echo ucfirst($cnt[0]);// will echo Malaysia
}
?>
<form method="post">
<div class="controls">
<select id="itemType_id" name="cscf[country]" class="input-xlarge">
<option value="malaysia#email.com">Malaysia</option>
<option value="indonesia#email.com">Indonesia</option>
</select>
<span class="help-inline"></span>
</div>
<div class="controls">
<input type="submit" name='save' value="Save"/>
<span class="help-inline"></span>
</div>
</form>