Re: Forms and While Loop

Hey Wayne- First, putting variables like this in the action line is not standard for what you are wanting to do, see below. Second, just because you have variables created does not mean they will pass to the next page - they have to be specifically passed which in this case $Cat is not passed as a variable. Thirdly, mix in some single quotes - data does not parse within single quotes and you can indeed put normal looking double quoted data within them without worry. Will post a string tutorial later. Regarding the code, try this : <?php echo '<form method="get" action="'.$Relative.'/items.php">'; echo '<select name="CatList" size="1">'; while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { $Cat = $row[0]; $CatID = $row[1]; echo '<option value="'.$Cat.'">'.$Cat.'</option>'; } echo '</select>'; echo '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go to Category">'; echo '<input type="Hidden" name="CatID" value="'.$CatID.'">'; echo '</form>'; ?> Putting a variable in hidden field is a way you can send variables/data. This above will produce the following for items.php to play with : $CatList from <select> , value is from <option>$Cat $CatID from hidden field You may want to rename your variables to be a bit more description/specific, I am not sure your intention so made guesses, but you should figure it out now. But in the above there is no $Cat variable per se, it is used as a value of the $CatList select - if this is not your intention you can change accordingly. Regarding that tutorial, check out : http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/using-strings.php It's about strings. You will want to read this and print it out and read it again, then again after that. It's a good one. Also, I am unsure where UID came from so did not include that but the above should give you an idea to complete the job. Good luck! :-) Philip -- be outside the box. On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Wayne Michel wrote: > I am trying to produce a drop-down list. Relevant (I think) code follows: > > echo "<p><form method=\"post\" > action=\"$Relative/items.php?CA=$CatID&amp;UID=$UID\"><select > name=\"CatList\" size=\"1\">"; > while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) > { > $Cat=$row[0]; > $CatID=$row[1]; > echo "<option value=\"$row[0]\"> $row[0] </option>"; > } > echo "</select><input type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\" > value=\"Go to > Category\"></p></form>"; > > It all works well except the variable $Cat is not showing in the action > line. I have to get it to work with various layouts, but I am at an > impasse. As a new PHP coder, I try to think it through, but this time I am > stuck. > > Can anyone show me how to get the variable $Cat, inside the loop, to appear > in the action line. > > Thanks > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >