MikeEller Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hello,I need to be able to get the selected value from a dropdown box on a form.I have found many ways to dynamically populate the dropdown box, but nothing to get the selected value.I have something like this (it might be wrong as I am not at home so I cannot see my exact code):<?phpif (isset($_POST['add'])) {$category = $_POST('category');?><form name="newloc"><select name="category"><option selected><option>Item One<option>Item two<option>Item Three</select><input type="submit" name="add" value="Add"></form>Like I said, there is probably some errors here....but this is the gist of it. I know this is how to get the data from a text box, but I need it to get the value of the selection of the dropdown box.Any help is greatly appreciated.Mike Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/23782-getting-selected-value-from-dropdown-box/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithschm Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 <SELECT NAME="Subject"><OPTION SELECTED>List Item 1</OPTION><OPTION>List Item 2</OPTION><OPTION>List Item 3</OPTION> </SELECT> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/23782-getting-selected-value-from-dropdown-box/#findComment-108021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phporcaffeine Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Wrong: $category = $_POST('category');Right: $category = $_POST['category']; echo $category;Assuming the "newloc" form is what POST'edalso, you need to close your </option> tags and use the value="" attrib Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/23782-getting-selected-value-from-dropdown-box/#findComment-108022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeEller Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 why the echo statement? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/23782-getting-selected-value-from-dropdown-box/#findComment-108024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 [code]<?php$option = $_POST['option']; // value$options = array("opt1_name"=>"opt1_value","opt2_name"=>"opt2_value");print "<select name=\"name\">";foreach($options as $opt_name => $opt_value){ if($opt_value == $option) $selected = "selected=\"selected\">"; else $selected = ""; print "<option value=\"$opt_value\" $selected>$opt_name</option>";}print "</select>";?>[/code] Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/23782-getting-selected-value-from-dropdown-box/#findComment-108030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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