Re: incorrect value from form

Can you show us the full form? It may be that you have a misplaced or missing quote or double quote that is messing up the form Bastien On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Peter Ford <pete@justcroft.com> wrote: > On 24/12/14 02:10, Tim Dunphy wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm following some examples from PHP and MySQL web development by Luke >> Welling and Laura Thompson. I'm trying to pass a value from a drop down >> selection list via $_POST. But the wrong value ends up in the variable. >> >> Here's the section of code that I seem to be having a problem with: >> >> <form action="processorder.php" method="post"> >> >> ..... /* more code here */ >> >> <tr> >> <td>How did you find Bob’s?</td> >> <td><select name="find"> >> <option value = "a">I’m a regular customer</option> >> <option value = "b">TV advertising</option> >> <option value = "c">Phone directory</option> >> <option value = "d">Word of mouth</option> >> </select> >> </td> >> </tr> >> >> >> From that section of HTML I'm expecting to find the values a,b,c or d in >> the $_POST['find'] variable. >> >> The code that receives this value in the php script is this: >> >> >> $find = $_POST['find']; >> >> ... /* more code here */ ... >> >> >> if ($find == "a") { >> echo "<p>Regular customer.</p>"; >> } elseif ($find == "b") { >> echo "<p>Customer referred by TV advert"; >> } elseif ($find == "c") { >> echo "<p>Customer referred by phone directory</p>"; >> } elseif ($find == "d") { >> echo "<p>Customer referred by word of mount</p>"; >> } else { >> echo "<p>We do not know how this customer found us.</p>"; >> } >> >> However the message that displays in the php script is always: echo >> "<p>We do not know how this customer found us.</p>"; >> >> If I put in an echo statement to actually look at whats' in the $find >> variable, instead of a,b,c or d what I'm finding instead are the full >> phrases associated with the letter in the table. >> >> For example if I were to select a) from the drop down list, what ends up >> in the $find variable is instead "<p>Regular customer.</p>". >> >> This really seems like some conceptual error on my part. Can someone >> please point out to me where I'm going wrong in expecting the letter in to >> end up in the variable? >> >> The code is easily fixed by setting up the logic like this: >> >> if ($find == "I’m a regular customer") { >> echo "<p>Regular customer.</p>"; >> >> etc >> >> But that's a little cumbersome. How can I go about getting the desired >> result? >> >> I'm enclosing the two pages of code for greater context. >> >> Thanks!!! >> Tim >> >> -- >> GPG me!! >> >> gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net >> <http://pool.sks-keyservers.net> >> --recv-keys F186197B >> >> >> >> You probably need to attach the form page too - I don't see anything in > processorder.php that is causing that problem (there a few things I'd do > differently, and I'm not sure about the logic that decides nothing was > ordered, but that's not the question...) > > Cheers > Pete > > -- > Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 fax: 01580 893399 > Justcroft International Ltd. > www.justcroft.com > Justcroft House, High Street, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0AH United Kingdom > Registered in England and Wales: 2297906 > Registered office: Stag Gates House, 63/64 The Avenue, Southampton SO17 1XS > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat