I have 8 select fields with different options in each and im trying to pass each selected value into a querystring but im not sure how this work.
<form method="post">
<fieldset>
<legend class="hidden">Choose your options</legend>
<ol>
<li><label>option 1</label>
<select>
<option value="">Select one..</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
</select>
</li>
<li><label>option 2</label>
<select>
<option value="">Select one..</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
</select>
</li>
<li><label>option 3</label>
<select>
<option value="">Select one..</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
</select>
</li>
</ol>
</fieldset>
</form>
so ive got 8 of these and I want to select a value from each one and then press submit which will then bring up a best match from the values passed...
Read about Dealing with Forms.
You must give the form elements a name, e.g.:
<li><label>option 1</label>
<select name="option1">
<option value="">Select one..</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
</select>
</li>
Then you can access the value via $_POST['option1'].
Note: As you specified POST as form method, the data is not sent via the URL to your PHP script, but is contained in the request body. If you want to have the data in the URL (as querystring) you have to change the method to GET.
I'm nut sure exactly what you're looking for, but if you put a name=".." attribute into your select tags, they'll end up into the querystring?
You are missing NAME argument from the SELECT TAG
Once you have this, options will be received by the php script in $_POST array.
So, for example:
<SELECT NAME="mySelect">
<OPTION VALUE="V1">Value 1</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="V2">Value 2</OPTION>
...
</SELECT>
You would read the value in your php script from $_POST['mySelect']
Also, keep in mind that you need to enter ACTION tag for your form, defining the php script that will execute once you send your form.
Each <select> needs to have a name, for example, the first one could be <select name="firstSelection">. When you click submit, the browser sends something like firstSelection=1&secondSelection=&thirdSelection=1.
Related
I have a form that includes some select inputs like this
<select class="motive" name="motive">
<option value="" disabled selected>Select a Number</option>
<option value="">One</option>
<option value="">Two</option>
<option value="">Three</option>
</select>
On my php form side I have this piece of code
$motive = $_POST['motive'];
In my received email I'm not getting the motive displayed, is showing as a blank space. Can someone tell me why?
thanks!
For each of your <option> tags, you must have a value attribute set.
<select class="motive" name="motive">
<option value="" disabled selected>Select a Number</option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="2">Three</option>
</select>
If user has option One selected and submits the form, then in PHP you
$selected_motive = $_POST['motive']; // equals "1"
It's probably because <select> inputs are not allowed in emails. Most email clients will just remove them.
Posting the selected html option attribute via php..Here is my html code and I'm trying to select one option from the event-drop down menu, but really finding it hard to configure with php variable $event. Any help will be much appreciated.
HTML Code:
<div>
<h4>Event</h4>
<p class="cd-select icon">
<select class="budget">
<option value="0">Select Occasion</option>
<option value="1">alpha</option>
<option value ="2">Bravo</option>
<option value="3">Charlie</option>
<option value="4">Delta</option>
</select>
</p>
</div>
PHP version
$event = $_POST['selected'];
In PHP form fields are posted with their name. In your case you'd have to add the name attribute to the select.
<select class="budget" name="selected">
<option value="0">Select Occasion</option>
<option value="1">alpha</option>
<option value ="2">Bravo</option>
<option value="3">Charlie</option>
<option value="4">Delta</option>
</select>
I have this form:
<form name="summaryform">
<select name="category" id="category" style="width:500px;">
<option value="">Choose category...</option>
<option value="ActionScript">ActionScript</option>
<option value="AppleScript">AppleScript</option>
<option value="Asp">Asp</option>
<option value="BASIC">BASIC</option>
<option value="C">C</option>
<option value="C++">C++</option>
<option value="Clojure">Clojure</option>
<option value="COBOL">COBOL</option>
<option value="ColdFusion">ColdFusion</option>
<option value="Erlang">Erlang</option>
<option value="Fortran">Fortran</option>
<option value="Groovy">Groovy</option>
</select><br>
<select name="subcategory" id="subcategory" style="width:500px;">
<option value="">Choose sub category...</option>
<option value="Haskell">Haskell</option>
<option value="Java">Java</option>
<option value="JavaScript">JavaScript</option>
<option value="Lisp">Lisp</option>
<option value="Perl">Perl</option>
<option value="PHP">PHP</option>
<option value="Python">Python</option>
<option value="Ruby">Ruby</option>
<option value="Scala">Scala</option>
<option value="Scheme">Scheme</option>
</select><br>
<input type="text" name="comments" id="comments" value=" Enter request comments..." onfocus="clearText(this)" onblur="restoreText(this)" style="width:493px;color:#999;font-size:9pt;height:20px;">
On the form above, I have two dropdowns (name="categoryId" and "subcategoryid") and one textboxt (name="comments")
How do I pass the values from this form to another form?
Let's say below is the form I want to pass the values to:
<div>
<p>
<form name="summaryform" method='POST' action='process.php'>
<div style="font-size:12pt;">
value from one dropdown
value from the other dropdown
value from textbox
</form>
</p>
</div>
jQuery Method
If the forms are on the same page, you can use jQuery to get the values and write to the div:
var content = $('#category').val()+'<br>'+$('#subcategory').val()+'<br>'+$('#comments').val();
$('#div-to-write-to').html(content);
PHP Method
If the forms are on different pages, you will need to use PHP and the $_POST[] variable to pass the values you are looking for.
NOTE: for this method to work the page being POSTed to MUST be PHP. You will also need to add an action and method in the first form to POST to the second form.
This would be the code in the form on the page being POSTed to:
<?php echo $_POST['category'].'<br>'.$_POST['subcategory'].'<br>'.$_POST['comments']; ?>
A value can be passed between forms using the POST and GET methods. The first form (Which is sending the values) does not have this defined, so modify the first form to this -
<form name="summaryform" method='POST' action='process.php'>
Then, in process.php, put the following php code -
$dropdown_first = $_POST['category'];
$dropdown_second= $_POST['subcategory'];
$comment = $_POST['comments'];
After that, you can just use the variables as you see fit!
If you want just print the selected values from first form #zsaa14's
answer is good
If you want to print whole select list, autoselected your value, heres a code.
foreach($categories as $category) {
$selected = $category['name'] === $_POST['category'] ? 'selected="selected"' : '';
echo " <option value="{$category['name']}" {$selected}>{$category['name']}</option>" ;
}
NOTE: the variable names and keys are for example, use Yours. This is only fragment of code.
You can use post data fields to send the values to the next form
A select list in a form, I know there's no problem to pass the option value using post or get. But if I also want to pass the select id value, is it possible and how?
For example:
<form action="Test.php" method="POST">
<select name="select" id = '1'>
<option value="">Select a Status</option>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="submit"/>
</form>
And here is the simple print php code:
<?php
print_r($_POST['select']);
?>
It can print the value of the option that has been chosen, but how to modify the code if I also want to post the id value, which is 1 here. I want to do so because I want the id to become a variable to store some int numbers. Thank you!
The id attribute is designed purely for use in client side code. If you want to pass extra data, then use hidden inputs — that is what they are designed for.
<input type="hidden" name="select_extra" value="1">
<select name="select">
<option value="">Select a Status</option>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
ID's won't get passed automatically in HTTP.
You need either:
Use an input hidden
Use a special name. I.E. <select name="select_1" id="1">...</select
In my profile advanced search i have an mutiple select type..
<form method="POST">
<select size="6" name="Cities" multiple="multiple" id="Cities">
<option value="0">All</option>
<option value="1">City1</option>
<option value="2">city2</option>
<option value="3">city3</option>
<option value="4">city4</option>
<option value="5">city5</option>
</select>
</form>
How do I use it, I mean how should i call what they have chosed...As you can choose one or more options (by holding in control, or just holding in mouseclick and point to other options).
Give it the name Cities[] instead of Cities, and you'll have an array in $_POST['Cities'] on submit.
google helps
http://www.onlinetools.org/tricks/using_multiple_select.php