Re: Form containing 2 menus not returning anything

On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 10:01 -0400, Ken Tozier wrote: > I created an html form comprised of two menus but when the action > method for the form calls my "handler.php" script, neither of the menu > variables contain anything. Could someone point out what I'm doing > wrong? > > Thanks, > > Ken > > ---------------------------------------- > > Here's the relevant html: > <form action="handler.php" method="post" > name="select_view_form"> > <table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" > cellpadding="0" > align="center"> > <tr> > <td class="labelTextBold" width="100px">Publication:</td> > <td class="labelText"> > <select name="publication" onChange="MenuSubmit();"> > <option value="none">none</option> > <option value="1">Ashland TAB</option> > <option value="2">Canton Journal</option> > </td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td class="labelTextBold" width="100px">View:</td> > <td class="labelText"> > <select name="view" onChange="MenuSubmit();"> > <option value="none">none</option> > <option value="1">Pub Status</option> > <option value="2">Pub Notes</option> > </select> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > </form> > > And here's the PHP handler script: > <?php > if ($view) > { > echo $publication."\n".$view; > } > else > { > echo "no values supplied"; > } > ?> > Not sure where you learned how to handle form posts, but you might want to spend some time reading the PHP site, specifically looking at how global variables work. Try changing $view to $_POST['view']; -Robby -- /*************************************** * Robby Russell | Owner.Developer.Geek * PLANET ARGON | www.planetargon.com * Portland, OR | robby@planetargon.com * 503.351.4730 | blog.planetargon.com * PHP/PostgreSQL Hosting & Development ****************************************/

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