giving absurd results.

[sandhya]

hi all,

    i'm confused with this. i have a form with topic menu and newtopic text box. after submitting the form i'm checking the variables to execute the following code. there the value $topic(means selected list value) is not selected means default value 'select' was there. i'm checking weather $topic!='select', there it was giving true. and entering into the executing code. it was giving true each time though it was selected or not. what could be the problem. please anyone give me the reason. thanks in advance.

[sandhya]

plzz help me

 

[Jibberish]

Post the form code and the php code so we can get a clearer meaning of whats going on.

[sandhya]

thanks but it was solved a little bit. but here is some more.i have a check box given value 'y' when checked. but it was taking 'y' every time means either it is checked or not.to give you the clearence i'm giving you the short form of the code.

the form code is here follows.............

 

<form name=form1>

<select name='topic'>

<option value=''>SELECT TOPIC</option>

//here i have displayed the topics from database using while loop.they were displayed correctly

</select>

<input name=newtopic type='text' size='50'>

<input name=category type='text' size='50'>

<input name="main" type="checkbox" id="main" value="y" />

</form>

// and on submit form was validated so that when ever the 'category' is not given and 'main' was selected then 'topic' or 'newtopic' should not be selected .and there i gave an alert. due to main value displying 'y' all the time, it was giving alert even when the category is also given.this is the problem.