[SOLVED] Pass variable to URL from form list

[giraffemedia]

Hi

 

is it possible to send a variable to a URL from a form list by using the action?

 

What I want to do is select a value from a menu/list and print that as a variable in the URL on the resulting page.

 

Here is some test code...

 

<?

$issue = $_POST['search'];

?>
<form action="/test/search.php?search_by=<? echo $issue; ?>" method="post">
<select name="search" id="search">
	<option value="">No.</option>
	<option value="">---</option>
	<option value="1">1</option>
	<option value="2">2</option>
	<option value="3">3</option>
	<option value="4">4</option>
       </select>						
<input type="submit" name="button" id="tools_button" value="Go" />
</form>

?>

 

Is this close or is there a different way to achieve this?

 

Thanks for looking.

 

James

[JD*]

You need a script to process the form first. Try this:

<?
if(isset($_POST['button']) && $_POST['button'] == "Go")
{
  header("Location:/test/search.php?search_by=".$_POST['search'];
} else {
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<select name="search" id="search">
	<option value="">No.</option>
	<option value="">---</option>
	<option value="1">1</option>
	<option value="2">2</option>
	<option value="3">3</option>
	<option value="4">4</option>
       </select>						
<input type="submit" name="button" id="tools_button" value="Go" />
</form>
<? } ?>

[giraffemedia]

Of course! That works a treat - although you left the closing bracket off in the header: line which took me a couple minutes to debug as I was getting a blank page!

 

Thanks for you help JD.

 

James