Re: dropdown Newbie question

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey, If your php version is > = 4.1.0 use: $var_from_dropdown = $_GET['theme']; else use: $var_from_dropdown = $HTTP_GET_VARS['theme']; You might want to change the method used to submit your form from get to post, like: // Start Dropdown echo '<form name="theme" action="options.php" method="post" target=right class=menu> Then you code should read: $var_from_dropdown = $_POST['theme']; or $var_from_dropdown = $HTTP_POST_VARS['theme']; applying the rules from above. Hope that helps! ~Pauly On Thursday 05 September 2002 07:18 am, Scott Houseman wrote: > Hi there. > > The value from that dropdown will be returned to you in the variable > > $_POST OR $_GET, depending on which method you used to submit the form. > > Assuming you use POST, you can access the selected value like this: > > $var_from_dropdown = $_POST['theme']; > > Regards > > -|Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mario Ohnewald [mailto:mario.ohnewald@gmx.de] > > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:11 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] dropdown Newbie question > > > > > > Hello! > > I am very new in php and i have a little dummy question ;D > > I have a dropdown box with a entry in it called "Coctail Blue" > > Now i want to put the selected string ("Coctail Blue" in this > > case) in to a > > variable when i press the button below. > > options.php is the page it should go after. > > > > // ..SNIP ... > > > > // Start Dropdown > > echo ' > > <form name="theme" action="options.php" target=right class=menu> > > &nbsp;&nbsp;<select name="theme">'; > > for($i=0;$i<sizeof($theme_name);$i++) > > { > > echo "<option > > value='".$i."'>".$theme_name[$i]."</option>\n"; > > } > > //end dropdown > > > > // Button > > echo '</select>&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type=submit name=get > > value=select>'; > > > > //doesnt work: > > $var_from_dropdown = theme > > > > // ..SNIP ... > > > > > > What did i do wrong? > > > > Thank you! > > Mario > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php - -- ~Paul Nicholson Design Specialist @ WebPower Design "The web....the way you want it!" paul@webpowerdesign.net "It said uses Windows 98 or better, so I loaded Linux!" Registered Linux User #183202 using Register Linux System # 81891 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9d0OmDyXNIUN3+UQRAmbzAJ9qUW6LYEndO81ybqFsMpeklHzs1wCfUGDK Egom83QUipWIZ0ko2q1x5/s= =OiSG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----