Forms and PHP: Getting Option Value into PHP

[FangerZero]

OK how do I get the VALUE, not the text, into PHP as a variable after pushing a button?

 

What I'm doing is, I have two Pages. a Main Menu page; where you can select which option you want. Then a viewing page; to view anything attached to the data that was selected. You go from Main Menu to viewing page via button. 

 

And I know to get the selected text so if I chose Dogs, I would know how to get that printed out on View, but I need the '1' from Value.

 

<form name="MainMenu" method="POST" action=View.php>
<input type="submit" name="View" value="View">
<select name=Animal size=5>
<option value=1>Dogs</option>
<option value=2>Cats</option>
<option value=3>Fish</option>
<option value=4>Birds</option>
</select></form>

[sKunKbad]

On View.php

 

<?php

echo $_POST['Animal'];

?>

[FangerZero]

again I want the VALUE I will not get the number 1 that I need, but Dogs.

 

Please read post and ask questions before giving an obvious answer.

[Alex]

You're asking for the value, he gave you the way to get the value. You're asking the question wrong, so expect a wrong answer. Simply put, you can't do what you want. Why don't you just make the value "Dogs" if that's what you want?

[sKunKbad]

Yes, what he said.... You need to change your value="1" to value="dogs". Either that, or use a switch to reference what number belongs to what animal, or use foreach on an array that compares the value to a key.

[3raser]

Did you do

 

<?php

$example = $_POST['animal'];

echo $example;

?>

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Also you shouldn't rely on just names as identifiers in input and select objects.  use name="" and id="" at the same time, and make sure they're both the same.  Also, why is your select size=5 if there's only 4 options?  And finally, use quotes.  Different browsers handle code differently, using proper code standards helps eliminate cross-browser issues.