Passing dropdown data which is gatherd from a mysql table - php

Question

I need a script that loads data form mysql and show on a drop down list. From there, I need to pass the selected data to another page.
I have done the first step. I am now able to load data from mysql table and to show them on a drop down menu. The exact is given bellow.
<?php
include("config.php");
$result= mysql_query("SELECT folder_name FROM folders");
echo '<select name="directory">'; // Open your drop down box
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
//echo "<option>" . $row['folder_name'] . "</option>";
echo '<option value="'.$row['folder_name'].'">'.$row['folder_name'].'</option>';
}
echo '</select>';// Close your drop down box
?>
Now I need help to pass the selected data to another page. Any suggestion please?

Answer 1

Let me consider the form is posted to page2.php from page1.php
page1.php
<form method="post" action="page2.php">
//your dropdown code here
<?php
include("config.php");
$result= mysql_query("SELECT folder_name FROM folders");
$str = '';
$str .= '<select name="directory">'; // Open your drop down box
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$str .= '<option value="'.$row['folder_name'].'">'.$row['folder_name'].'</option>';
}
$str .= '</select>';// Close your drop down box
echo $str;
?>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
in page2.php you can access the dropdown selected value as
$selVal = '';
if(isset($_POST['directory']))
{
$selVal = $_POST['directory'];
}

Answer 2

create a javascript function to handle the redirect with the folder name data:
function changePage(folder){
window.location.href= 'http://www.yourdomain.com/page2.php?folder=' + folder;
}
onchange option, trigger changePage javascript function with folder name as input:
include("config.php");
$result= mysql_query("SELECT folder_name FROM folders");
echo '<select name="directory">'; // Open your drop down box
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo '<option value="'.$row['folder_name'].'" onchange="changePage(\''.$row['folder_name'].'\')">'.$row['folder_name'].'</option>';
}
echo '</select>';// Close your drop down box
page2.php
$folder_name = strip_tags($_GET['folder']);