select box attributes

[amalafrida]

$_POST['select'] permits me access to the selected value of my combo box named 'select'.

 

are any other attributes of the box accessible? in particular, index # ... etc.?

 

thanks in advance for any light you might shed on the topic.

[Pikachu2000]

What index# are you talking about? Anything accessible in the $_POST array can be seen with:

echo '<pre>';
print_r($_POST);
echo '</pre>';

[scootstah]

Not with PHP. You would need Javascript for that.

[amalafrida]

I have 5 items in the select/combo box

 

when I _POST that item, I am returned the text contained in the box.

 

BUT, can I know WHICH of the 5 items in the combo box it is?

 

i.e. can I get its index number?

 

.............

ok, yes. thanks. I feared I was skirting that treacherous line betwixt the 2.

 

thanks for the help. you folks are invariably straight up, spot on, not to mention accurate.

 

 

[scootstah]

No.

I have 5 items in the select/combo box

 

when I _POST that item, I am returned the text contained in the box.

 

BUT, can I know WHICH of the 5 items in the combo box it is?

 

i.e. can I get its index number?

 

No.

[DavidAM]

You can get whatever you assign as the "value" attribute of the OPTION selected.

 

<SELECT name="cmbChoose">
  <OPTION>Me</OPTION>
  <OPTION>Her</OPTION>
</SELECT>

 

Using this example, you will get either "Me" or "Her" from $_POST['cmbChoose']

 

<SELECT name="cmbChoose">
  <OPTION value="1">Me</OPTION>
  <OPTION value="2">Her</OPTION>
</SELECT>

 

Using this example, you will get either "1" or "2" from $_POST['cmbChoose']

 

[amalafrida]

yes! that is precisely what I was looking for. saves me two trips to the database and much unnecessary parsing.

 

once again, many thanks.