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JL9
JL9

Reputation: 543

Using GET with a form

So I have a form which has a drop down list, when the submit button is pressed the script task4.php is called. My problem is that I can use the whole option that is selected, however I only need the tid. How do I get just the tid and use it task4.php?

<form action="task4.php" method="get">
 <select>
 <?php
        foreach($results as $row) {
            echo "<option>".$row[tid].", ".$row[category].", ".$row[division].", ".$row[clubID].", ".$row[name]."</option>";
        }
?>
</select>
<input type ="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

This is what I've got in task 4 and it isn't working: 

 if (isset($_GET['tid'])) {
 $tid = $_GET['tid'];
 }

Upvotes: 2

Views: 41

Answers (1)

David
David

Reputation: 219127

It's possible (perhaps even necessary) that in the absence of a value the browser is sending the text contents of the selected option with the form data.

Just give the option a value:

echo "<option value=\"".$row[tid]."\">" ...

Additionally, that select should really have a name (I don't even see how it could have worked without one):

<select name="tid">

Upvotes: 2

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