javascript onchange and php

[mikefrederick]

I know it's javascript but I didn't want to open an account on a diff site. How do I make the following echo the value of the actual selectedIndex rather than just saying selectedIndex in the url of the window it opens:

 

 

<select onchange="open_window('departmentvotes.php?id=this.selectedIndex.value')"  name="dept" >

[haku]

Im not sure if I understood your question, but if you were asking what I think you were asking, then this:

 

this.selectedIndex.value

 

Should either be this:

 

this.selectedIndex.firstChild.value

 

Or this:

 

this.selectedIndex.firstChild.data

 

(I cant remember off the top of my head which it is)