Re: how do I send information to a php page from a menu list

Hello Ivan, <select name="selcategoryid" value="0"> Don't set a value for that tag! echo "<option name=\"selcategoryid\" value=\"$faqcatsid\">$faqcats</option>"; no need to "name" the <option> tag too, setting the value will be enough. when you submit your form, faqbycat.php will receive $selcategoryid as the user chose from that select list. Elias, "Ivan Carey" <icarey@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:005801c2527c$dcb00260$0201a8c0@ivan... Hello, how do I send information to a php page from a menu list? When a user selects an item from the list I would like to be able to send "selcategoryid" to faqbycat.php without the use of a submit button. Is it done by using the onChange event? if so how may this be done? The code I am using presently is below <form action="faqbycat.php"> <select name="selcategoryid" value="0"> <option name="selcategoryid" value="0" selected>Select a Category</option> <?php //display list of provider names while ($myrowcating=MySQL_fetch_array($resultcatdet)) { $faqcatsid=stripslashes($myrowcating["breastfaqcatid"]); $faqcats=stripslashes($myrowcating["breastfaqcat"]); echo "<option name=\"selcategoryid\" value=\"$faqcatsid\">$faqcats</option>"; }//while ($myrowadmintitles=MySQL_fetch_array($admintilteresult)) ?> </select> <br><br> <input type="Submit" name="selbycat" value="Show FAQ's by Category"> </form> Thanks for your answer, Ivan