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Reputation: 143

How to put selected option in a form into a php variable?

question above.

My code:

<form action="" method="post" class="text-center">
   <select class="form-control">
      <option value="work1">1 hours</option>
      <option value="work2">2 hours</option>
      <option value="work3">3 hours</option>
      <option value="work4">4 hours</option>
      <option value="work5">5 hours</option>
      <option value="work6">6 hours</option>
   </select>

   <input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-block" value="Go!">
</form>

I would like to output the selected variable in the next step.

How to do it?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 107

Answers (2)

Julio Soares
Julio Soares

Reputation: 1190

Just check your $_POST.

<?php 
    if(isset($_POST['form-control'])){
        $yourvar=$_POST['form-control'];
    }
?>
<form action="" method="post" class="text-center">
    <select class="form-control" name="form-control">  
      <option value="work1">1 hours</option>
      <option value="work2">2 hours/option>
      <option value="work3">3 hours</option>
      <option value="work4">4 hours</option>
      <option value="work5">5 hours</option>
      <option value="work6">6 hours</option>
    </select>

    <input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-block" value="Go!">
</form>

Don't forget to validate the content of $_POST. You can not trust that it will always bring what you think is there.

Upvotes: 1

Niranjan N Raju
Niranjan N Raju

Reputation: 11987

First give name to your select box. Then use $_POST in same file or in other file as per your requirement.

<?php 
if(isset($_POST['abc'])){
    $selected=$_POST['abc'];
}
?>
<form action="" method="post" class="text-center">
<select class="form-control" name="abc">  
  <option value="work1">1 hours</option>
  <option value="work2">2 hours/option>
  <option value="work3">3 hours</option>
  <option value="work4">4 hours</option>
  <option value="work5">5 hours</option>
  <option value="work6">6 hours</option>
</select>

<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-block" value="Go!">
</form>

Upvotes: 1

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