How to implement drop down list?

[raysefo]

Hi,

 

I would like to populate a drop down list box on my php page. How can I simply put a drop down on this php page?

 

Best Regards.

[davidannis]

Can you provide a little more detail on what you are trying to do? Where do you want the values to come from?

[Eiseth]

Use loop

[raysefo]

Hi,

 

Lets say I have something like this ;

<select name="games" size="3">
<option value="1">game1</option>
<option value="2">game2</option>
</select>

I would like to select one of them from the list and get the value of the selected one. How can I do it?

 

Best Regards.

[cpd]

From what you've provided we can't give a 100% accurate answer, but assuming your form is set up to submit via POST you can access it in your PHP script using the $_POST super global.

[Jessica]

Either you need to use the $_POST array, or you're trying to ask how to do chained selects using AJAX.

[davidannis]

Try this:

<?php
if ($_POST['games']!='') echo '<h1>Last time you selected '.$_POST['games'].'</h1>'; 
?>
<form action="mypage.php" method="POST">
<p>Select a game:</p>
<select name="games" size="3">
<option value="1">game1</option>
<option value="2">game2</option>
</select>
<input type="submit">
</form>

save it as mypage.php and run it a couple of times to see how it works.

[johnmacd]

to add drop down in your php form first close php means ?> then write following code...

<select name="games" >

<option value="1">game1</option>

<option value="2">game2</option>

</select>