Getting the value of a select element

[anhkhoa168]

Hello everybody!
I want to ask a question.
If i want to get the value in the combox into array, how did i do?
Thank you very much if i receive your reply soon!

[nathj]

Hello everybody!
I want to ask a question.
If i want to get the value in the combox into array, how did i do?
Thank you very much if i receive your reply soon!

Hi,

Is the combobox on a form? If so then you could, on submission of the form, take the the value from the combobox and add it to the array:

[CODE=html]
<!-- Form -->
<form id="testForm" action="logComb o.php" method="post">
<select id="testSelect" >
<option value = "1">Item 1</option>
<option value = "2">Item 2</option>
<option value = "3">Item 3</option>
</select>
<input id="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" title="Submit Form"/>
</form>
[/CODE]

Then on the php page:
[CODE=php]
$laMyArray = newArray();

if (isset($_POST['testSelect']))
{
$laMyArray[0] = $_POST['testSelect'];
}
[/CODE]

I beleive this should work, but I must admit I have not tried it yet. I need to do something similar for a current project and this is the way I have set things up to work. The only thing I am not sure of is the use of 'testSelect', it may be that you need to do something to determine which of the options has selected set to "selected".

I hope this is helpful
nathj

[gregerly]

Hi,

Is the combobox on a form? If so then you could, on submission of the form, take the the value from the combobox and add it to the array:

[CODE=html]
<!-- Form -->
<form id="testForm" action="logComb o.php" method="post">
<select id="testSelect" >
<option value = "1">Item 1</option>
<option value = "2">Item 2</option>
<option value = "3">Item 3</option>
</select>
<input id="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" title="Submit Form"/>
</form>
[/CODE]

You will also need the name attribute for the select tag for your code to work properly. IE:

[HTML]<select id='testSelect' name='testSelec t'>[/HTML]

Then you can access the value in the PHP:

[PHP]$mySelectBox = $_POST['testSelect'];[/PHP]

Hope that helps.

Greg

[pbmods]

Changed thread title to better describe the problem.