Mode from drop-down-list

[ecopetition]

Hi guys.

 

I made a drop down list similar to:

 

<form action="action.php" method="post">

<select name="mode">

<option value="option1">Option 1</option>

<option value="option2">Option 2</option>

<option value="option3">Option 2</option>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />

</select>

</form>

 

What PHP should be contained in the form action to return the option value when that option is selected?

 

I know this is probably very simple but I have searched Google and found nothing on it.

 

Thanks a lot,

Ecopetition

[ohdang888]

what do you mean??? are you asking how to retireve the value of that field??

 

if so...its value will be stored in this var:

 

$_POST['mode'];

[HoTDaWg]

bro,

 

your form action is action.php yet your method is equal to post...

if your gonna be using the $_POST method of retrieving data than your form's action should be $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] otherwise if you are using the get method than the form should be set to: <form name="formname" action="action.php" method="get">

if it is the get method ur gonna be using:

the action.php should like

<?php
//action .php
$mode = $_GET['mode'];
echo $mode;
?>

 

HoTDaWg

[ohdang888]

 

 

if your gonna be using the $_POST method of retrieving data than your form's action should be $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] otherwise if you are using the get method than the form should be set to: <form name="formname" action="action.php" method="get">

 

that completely wrong. the action attribute of the form does NOT have to be set to current page for it to be POST... in fact, i'd recommend using POST for 99.9% of the forms you create