insert value from two dropdown list to same mysql field

[bickyz]

Hi,

I have a mysql table with following fields
id – int
company – varchar(50)
cost – decimal(5,2)

Updated - datetime

 

Example of data:
101 company1 120.10 2013-05-22 10:21:19
102 company2 121.20 2013-05-22 11:11:29
103 company3 120.15 2013-05-23 12:44:10
104 company4 124.25 2013-05-23 13:26:49
 

Following is the text field code for cost:

Cost: <input type="text" name="txtcost"><br />

How will my php code be if I want to insert Pound and Pence from two form field to one mysql field like this or if there is better method please advice.

<select name="pound">
  <option value="0" selected="selected">Pound:</option>
  <option value="120">120</option>
  <option value="121">121</option>
  <option value="122">122</option>
  <option value="123">123</option>
  <option value="124">124</option>
  <option value="125">125</option>
</select>
<select name="pence">
  <option value="0" selected="selected">Pence:</option>
  <option value="00">00</option>
  <option value="10">10</option>
  <option value="15">15</option>
  <option value="20">20</option>
  <option value="25">25</option>
  <option value="30">30</option>
</select>

Your help will be much appreciated, thank you.

[davidannis]

You can concatenate the two fields:

$cost=$_POST['pounds'].'.'.$_POST['pence];

Edited May 31, 2013 by davidannis

[Jessica]

Honestly, it's probably easier for the users if you just let them type in the value. In American we use dollars and cents, but rather than having one drop down for dollars and another for cents, almost anywhere you'd need to enter in a monetary value, you'd simply enter: $dd.dd in a text field. (where d=digit).

It gets a little more complicated to parse it when you get to larger values where people add the thousands separator, but there are PHP functions to help with that (and you should have your locale settings set to the right one.)

Your field won't allow anything over 999.99 so you're fine.

Edited May 31, 2013 by Jessica