Re: select tag doesn't update post or get

From: Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:58:46 +0000
Subject: Re: select tag doesn't update post or get
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Roel Dillen wrote: > I have a xhtml form with a <select> with options > > if I click submit the processing page is loaded and the result of the form is > shown. > The option given to the processing page however is always the same: the first > in the list. It doesn't matter what I select in the drop down menu, the value > of $_POST['nameOfSelectTag'] (or get for that matter) never differs from the > first value in the drop down list. I don't use a default selected value > because the <option> tag values are dependent on the contents of a certain > table in my database. > > The weird thing is that in get mode the field nameOfSelectTag does take the > right value in the adress bar but that doesn't get translated into the correct > value in $_GET so i am thinking the same happens in $_POST. sounds like you have another field also named 'nameOfSelectTag', probably near the bottom of your form. > > Ideas anyone > > Roel > > ---------- > Scarlet Club: Iedereen wint! Indien u nu klant wordt van Scarlet via een bestaande Scarlet > klant kunnen jullie beide cadeaucheques ontvangen ter waarde van 50 euro! Bezoek snel > http://www.scarletclub.be >

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