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jason
jason

Reputation: 1

php passing multiple selected values into a querystring

I have 8 select fields with different options in each and im trying to pass each selected value into a querystring but im not sure how this work.

<form method="post">
  <fieldset>
    <legend class="hidden">Choose your options</legend>
     <ol>
      <li><label>option 1</label>
       <select>
        <option value="">Select one..</option>
        <option value="1">1</option>
        <option value="2">2</option>
       </select>
      </li>
      <li><label>option 2</label>
       <select>
        <option value="">Select one..</option>
        <option value="1">1</option>
        <option value="2">2</option>
       </select>
      </li>
      <li><label>option 3</label>
       <select>
        <option value="">Select one..</option>
        <option value="1">1</option>
        <option value="2">2</option>
      </select>
     </li>
    </ol>
   </fieldset>
  </form>

so ive got 8 of these and I want to select a value from each one and then press submit which will then bring up a best match from the values passed...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2030

Answers (4)

Felix Kling
Felix Kling

Reputation: 816462

Read about Dealing with Forms.

You must give the form elements a name, e.g.:

<li><label>option 1</label>
   <select name="option1">
    <option value="">Select one..</option>
    <option value="1">1</option>
    <option value="2">2</option>
   </select>
</li>

Then you can access the value via $_POST['option1'].

Note: As you specified POST as form method, the data is not sent via the URL to your PHP script, but is contained in the request body. If you want to have the data in the URL (as querystring) you have to change the method to GET.

Upvotes: 1

thejh
thejh

Reputation: 45568

Each <select> needs to have a name, for example, the first one could be <select name="firstSelection">. When you click submit, the browser sends something like firstSelection=1&secondSelection=&thirdSelection=1.

Upvotes: 0

hummingBird
hummingBird

Reputation: 2555

You are missing NAME argument from the SELECT TAG

Once you have this, options will be received by the php script in $_POST array.

So, for example:

<SELECT NAME="mySelect">
    <OPTION VALUE="V1">Value 1</OPTION>
    <OPTION VALUE="V2">Value 2</OPTION>
    ...
</SELECT>

You would read the value in your php script from $_POST['mySelect']

Also, keep in mind that you need to enter ACTION tag for your form, defining the php script that will execute once you send your form.

Upvotes: 0

goorj
goorj

Reputation: 443

I'm nut sure exactly what you're looking for, but if you put a name=".." attribute into your select tags, they'll end up into the querystring?

Upvotes: 0

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