RE: [PHP] Select Values Didn't Get Passed in From Two Different Forms

From: ajwei@alumni.iu.edu To: tedd.sperling@gmail.com CC: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Select Values Didn't Get Passed in From Two Different Forms Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 19:31:10 -0400 > Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 17:18:21 -0400 > To: ajwei@alumni.iu.edu > From: tedd.sperling@gmail.com > Subject: RE: [PHP] Select Values Didn't Get Passed in From Two Different Forms > CC: php-general@lists.php.net > > >On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 15:12 -0400, Alice Wei wrote: > > What I am trying to find out is, when I have my form with a > >dependent select menu, how can I pass the value of the select menu > >to another page? I have mentioned in the initial email that if I > >just allow users to type stuff, it passes the form back to itself > >and works. However, what I want > > to do is to allow users click one radio button/checkbox, and use > >that value to determine which "select menu" to bring up. However, > >the information I am only interested in storing, is the value of the > >select menu and not the radio button/checkbox. > > > >Am I making sense here? > > and > > >>Maybe that is why I cannot pass the information on in the "hidden" > >>value, but what have I missed here? Ajax? PHP? I am getting > >>confused. > >> > >>Alice > > Alice: > > That's the reason why I am taking this in steps instead of hitting > you with all the buzz-words you were throwing around when we started. > > If you don't know how to pass variables from one page to another, > then why require ajax? That only complicates the process. There are > several methods to pass variables from one page to another. You could > have everything contained in a single page, but let's just solve your > problem. > > To pass things from one page to another has been demonstrated to you > in the examples I provided, namely: > > http://webbytedd.com/cccc/alice > > and > > http://webbytedd.com/cccc/alice1/ > > Those forms are passing data as the user clicks submit. > > Now, you want the user to pick a value and then pass that value to a > different page to bring up a different select control, right? > > Please review this: > > http://www.webbytedd.com/cccc/alice2/index.php > > That does everything you ask and it does it simply without ajax. From > these examples you should be able to create just about anything you > want. > > Cheers, > > tedd > Anything I want? On a second note, after looking at your example again, is it possible to generate what is on form 4 without having to push submit button on form 3? Or, is that another topic in Javascript or something else? Alice > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox.. Get started. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2