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Brian
Brian

Reputation: 73

OctoberCMS | How to get dropdown value in php (ajax)

I need to get the selected element of the dropdown, in php. October [1] uses the alias input('value') to get value submitted in the form , and it works fine for the input tag, but I'm not sure how do I get the value of the dropdown?

Many thanks

[1] https://octobercms.com/docs/ajax/introduction

HTML

<form data-request="onTest"  >

    <input name="value1">  <!-- this works fine -->

    <select class="form-control" id="idtitle" name="idtitle">
         <option selected disabled hidden>{{default}} </option>  
         <option>Ms</option>
         <option>Mrs</option>
         <option>Mr</option>
         <option>None</option>         
       </select>

    <!-- Action button -->
    <button type="submit">Calculate</button>

</form>

PHP

function onTest()
{
    $var= input('value1')  ;  // OK
    $dropdown=input('idtitle'); // NULL
    $dropdown= $_GET['idtitle']; // NULL
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 466

Answers (2)

Pettis Brandon
Pettis Brandon

Reputation: 865

Besides \Input::post() you can get inputs with Input::get('idtitle') or Input::all(). Just make sure to have use Input; declaration if this is in a plugin class file (component.php or class.php).

Also in my testing input('idtitle') did work for me.

I think why $_GET doesn't is because this is an ajax post not a typical form post.

Upvotes: 0

Zakir hussain
Zakir hussain

Reputation: 631

use \Input::post('idtitle') and it will work !!!

Upvotes: 1

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