Drop down list value using javascript

[phpmagesh]

Hi

I am using php and smarty, what i have to do is i have a drop down box with dynamic name, id and values.

like

<select name="id[{$options_data.ID}]" id="id[{$options_data.ID}]" onchange="sample()" >
  {foreach key=key_data item=item_data from=$options_data.DATA}
  <option value="{$item_data.ID}">{$item_data.TEXT} {if $item_data.PRICE !='' }{$item_data.PREFIX} {$item_data.PRICE}{/if} </option>
{/foreach}
</select>

I want to take one value form that and i have to show in alert box, i tried some method but no use.

Ex :

<select name ="id[{$options_data.ID}]" id="id[{$options_data.ID}]" onchange="sample()>
<option value="45">value 1</option>
<option value ="46">value 2</option>
</select>

Javascript code on top of the html page:

<script language="javascript">
function sample()
{
 var id = document.getElementById("id[3]");

 alert("The content of the first " + "\"" + id.innerHTML + "\".");
}
</script>

But this showing all the values in the drop down box. i want to take only one value from the drop down..

can anyone help me what will be the correction in this please.

regards
magesh

[xNephilimx]

If "one value" means, "the selected option's inner html", you shoud do this:

id.options[id.selectedIndex].innerHTML

if you need the value, just change the innerHTML part with value.

[acoder]

Note that IDs should not have [], so remove them and access as "id3".

[phpmagesh]

If "one value" means, "the selected option's inner html", you shoud do this:

id.options[id.selectedIndex].innerHTML

if you need the value, just change the innerHTML part with value.

Hi

Every time my id will be changed depends on the selection of category.

Example

some time i will get that as <select name="id[3]" id="id[3]">

some times i will get id[4], id[5], id[6] etc...

so my select option name is not constant.

now the problem is i want to take that name to that sample() function

that name="id[{$options_data. ID}]". in this {$options_data. ID} is smarty value comes form php page i just want the values which is in select name


Can anyone help me in this please.

Regards
magesh

[acoder]

For the ID use:

<select id="id{$options_data.ID}" onchange="sample()" >

Then in the JavaScript code

function sample()
{
 var id = document.getElementById("id{$options_data.ID}").value;

if it's on the same page.