[SOLVED] sending users pm's

[runnerjp]

hey guys i have my pm sytem up and working great but im just adding a few things to it...

 

on my profile's page i have added <a href="http://www.runningprofiles.com/members/index.php?page=compose&user=$user">Send <?php echo $user; ?> a message</a>

 

but how can i check on my compose page that if there is a user=$userr in the address it just adds user if not it does this

<?php $username= get_username($_SESSION['user_id']);
$query = "SELECT * FROM `friends` WHERE `username`= '$username' ORDER BY username ASC;";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
$friends[]= $row['friendname'];}
$friends;
$lines = $friends;;
echo '<select class="input" id="username" name="username">';
foreach($lines as $line) {
    echo '<option>'.$line.'</option>';
}
echo '</select>';?> (select from the drop down list) 

 

see what im trying to do... so you can send users a message from the profile field, or you can compose your own by selecting the friends name

[DoddsAntS]

Hi,

 

you can either have the user variable in the link select the appropriate user from the drop down list, or if there is a user sent have it add a hidden field to the form instead of the select box

 

for the first option (Selecting the appropriate user from the select list

//snip
foreach($lines as $line) {
    $selected = isset($_GET['user']) ? ($_GET['user'] == $line ? ' SELECTED' : '') : '';
    echo "<option{$selected}>{$line}</option>";
}
//snip

 

and for the second option

 

<?php
if(isset($_GET['user'])) {
    echo "<input type='hidden' name='username' id='username' value='{$_GET['user']}' />";
}
else {
    //enter your code for generating the select
}
?>