how can choose SELECT tag from a form if there are multiple SELECT tags?

[nixan]

Hai all im new to this forum and begin to learn php.

Here is a problem which may be very simple to you but it is problem to me.
how can choose SELECT tag from a form if there are multiple SELECT tags?
for example[code=html]<form name="form" id="form" action= "page2.php" >
<select name="name1" id="id1" onchange="">
<option>item1 </option>
</select>
<select name="name2" id="id2" onchange="">
<option>item1 </option>
</select>
<select name="name3" id="id3" onchange="">
<option>item1 </option>
</select>

</form>[/code]

How can i select SELECT tag for ex name2 in page2.php?

Thanks for advance.

[ronverdonk]

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[ronverdonk]

Looking at your form, you can say that the form is submitted using the GET (default form option). So the values are in the $_GET array of the second script. Printing out that array you'll see the following structure

Array
(
    [name1] => item1
    [name2] => item1
    [name3] => item1
)

So, in your "catchting" script, you test the selection of an option in the select box named name1 by verifying its presence in the $_GET array as follows:[php]if (isset($_GET['name2'])
$var_2=$_GET['name2']; // now $var_2 contains the value 'item2'[/php]And you are aware of the difference between multiple select tags, as in: multiple <select> statements and multiple-select tags, as in:multiple options in 1 select box?

Ronald