How to retrieve select value with method POST in a PHP from? - php

Question

I am using this code in my form to create a drop down menu. (the list of options loads corrects from my sql database). Once the user hits submit, I should be able to retrieve the value selected with $_POST['field'].
<form action="page2.php" method="post" name="form" id="form">
<?php
$query = sprintf("SELECT domaine FROM `domainema` WHERE userid='%s' ", $userid);
$result=mysql_query($query);
echo "<select name=domaine value=''>Domain </option>";
while($nt=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
echo "<option value=$nt[id]>$nt[domaine]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
?>
...
On the second page, I use this code:
$domaine = strip_tags(substr($_POST['domaine'],0,32));
echo "You selected $domaine";
But I get nothing a blank value, what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!

Answer 1

In your query you didn't selected the id, only the domaine. Change it to be like this:
<form action="page2.php" method="post" name="form" id="form">
<?php
$query = sprintf("SELECT id, domaine FROM `domainema` WHERE userid='%s' ", $userid);
$result=mysql_query($query);
echo '<select name="domaine">';
while($nt=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
echo '<option value="$nt[id]">$nt[domaine]</option>';
}
echo "</select>";
?>

Answer 2

This line is probably incorrect...
echo "<select name=domaine value=''>Domain </option>";
Should it be
echo "<select name=domaine value=''>";
You should also note that if none of the options are selected, then you won't get a value back. To ensure you get a value back, select one of them (eg the first one) by default, by adding selected="selected" to it...
I'd also recommend quoting values a little more clearly.
For the sake of completeness...
<?php
$query = sprintf("SELECT domaine FROM `domainema` WHERE userid='%s' ", $userid);
$result=mysql_query($query);
echo '<select name="domaine" value="">';
$isfirst = true;
while ($nt=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo '<option value="'.$nt[id].'"';
if ($isfirst)
echo ' selected="selected"';
echo '>'.$nt[domaine].'</option>';
$isfirst = false;
}
echo '</select>';
?>