Help me understand why one item takes precedence over the other.

[Darkmatter5]

If the URL to the page is http://www.hi.com/editjob.php?job_id=1 and there's a drop down list on the page named 'job' with a submit button named 'load'

.

When this code is run

<?php
if(!isset($_POST['load']) && !isset($_GET['job_id'])) {
  $byrndb->job_list(2,$job);
} elseif(isset($_POST['load'])) {
  $job=$_POST['job'];
  $byrndb->job_list(2,$job);
} elseif(isset($_GET['job_id'])) {
  $job=$_GET['job_id'];
  $byrndb->job_list(2,$job);
}
?>

why does the $_GET['job_id'] seem to take precedence over $_POST['job']? If $_POST['job'] is checked before $_GET['job_id'], shouldn't $job be set to $_POST['job']'s value over $_GET['job_id'].

[ignace]

<?php
// create an .htaccess file that reads the line:
// php_flag register_globals off

if(!isset($_POST['load']) && !isset($_GET['job_id'])) {
  $byrndb->job_list(2,$job); // NOTICE: $job is undefined here
} elseif(isset($_POST['load'])) {
  $job=$_POST['job'];
  $byrndb->job_list(2,$job);
} elseif(isset($_GET['job_id'])) {
  $job=$_GET['job_id'];
  $byrndb->job_list(2,$job);
}
?>

[genericnumber1]

Can you post the form here so we can check your html?

[Darkmatter5]

$job isn't defined yet, so if a specific job isn't defined in job_id or by what is passed by the load button, then it's null and a generic list is generated with no specific job selected. Otherwise I'm wanting for what's selected in the dropdown to be most important, if something is in the dropdown AND in the URL as job_id then use the dropdown list selection over the URL variable.

 

Here's the form code.

 

<form method="post">
<input name='load' type='submit' value='Load record' />
</form