Re: Listbox variable

Are you using $_POST superglobal? You should use $_POST['CategoryName'] in findbycategory.php Denis L. Menezes wrote:

Hello friends. I have the following code : The code works fine and the listbox is populated. But when I select a category and press the "Search" button, the variable $CategoryName is not passed to the page findbycategory.php. Can you please tell me where I am wrong? Quote <form name="form3" method="post" action="findbycategory.php">

       <select name="CategoryName" id="select">
<?php    //connecting to the database

$link = mysql_connect("localhost","mydomain","mypass"); if ($link){ Print ""; } else { Print "No connection to the database"; } if (!mysql_select_db("mydomain_com")){ Print "Couldn't connect database"; } else { Print ""."<br>\n"; } $sql="SELECT DISTINCT CategoryName From Categories ORDER BY CategoryName"; $result=mysql_query($sql); While($Category=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { Print(" <OPTION VALUE=\"$Category[0]\">$Category[0]\n"); } ?>

       </select>
        <input type="submit" name="Submit3" value="Search">
     </form></td>

Unquote Thanks Denis