<select> (ComboBox)

[renj0806]

Sorry for asking here, i was surfing the net but cant really find an answer.

 

How can i retrieve values from a HTML ComboBox?

 

<select name="myCombobox">

  <option value="1">One</option>

  <option value="2">Two</option>

</select>

 

Sorry for this noobish question.

[Orio]

Depends on the form's method.

 

If you have this line before the dropdown:

<form action ..... method="POST">

The method is post. You use the $_POST array.

If you have this line:

<form action ..... method="GET">

The method is get. You use the $_GET array.

 

Now, as you can see, the dropdown's name is myCombobox.

So if you are using the $_GET array, you'll use $_GET['myCombobox'].

And if you are using the $_POST array, you'll use $_POST['myCombobox'].

 

 

My suggestion- read some tutorials about PHP and forms. (Links).

 

 

Orio.

[boo_lolly]

 echo $_POST['myComboBox']; 

[renj0806]

aryt, I'll revise my question since I am using AJAX.

 

Im doing this without a form and ive been successful retrieving values from textfields. This is how i do it using absolute targetting.

 

Textfield

<input type="text" id="textfield" value="one" />

 

I retrieve this by: id('textfield')/@value

 

but in <select id="myCombobox"> doing id('myCombobox')/@value just wont work for me. 

[Orio]

I think you should go to the ajax forum with that...

 

Orio.