Drop down menu in a PHP submit form

Bandit

Hi there,
I am looking for any help with a form I am trying to make, one of the
feilds I want it to be a drop down menu, so this part of the form has set
values and nothing else.

I have tried a few times too make this work, but I can never make it work, I
can`t even seem to find help ojnline for this issue.

If anyone here can geve me some code or point me in the way of a good
tutorial I would be thankful for the help

Bandit.

Jul 17 '05 #1

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Ian.H

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:44:44 -0300, Bandit wrote:

I am looking for any help with a form I am trying to make,

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Jul 17 '05 #2

oeb -=- bleh bleh bleh

"Bandit" <we*******@bar-guide.ca> wrote in message
news:By********************@nnrp1.uunet.ca...

Hi there,
I am looking for any help with a form I am trying to make, one of the
feilds I want it to be a drop down menu, so this part of the form has set
values and nothing else.

I have tried a few times too make this work, but I can never make it work, I can`t even seem to find help ojnline for this issue.

If anyone here can geve me some code or point me in the way of a good
tutorial I would be thankful for the help

Bandit.

The Form

<form method="post" action="form.php">
<select name="selectitem">
<option value="option 1">Option 1</option>
<option value="option 2">Option 2</option>
<option value="option 3">Option 3</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>

The PHP
<?php
print $_POST['selectitem'];
?>

Jul 17 '05 #3

Bandit

Thanks - I have tried this and I get the return of field cannot be null...

"oeb -=- bleh bleh bleh" <oe*@cotse.com> wrote in message
news:ce**********@kermit.esat.net...

"Bandit" <we*******@bar-guide.ca> wrote in message
news:By********************@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
Hi there,
I am looking for any help with a form I am trying to make, one of the
feilds I want it to be a drop down menu, so this part of the form has set values and nothing else.

I have tried a few times too make this work, but I can never make it
work, I
can`t even seem to find help ojnline for this issue.

If anyone here can geve me some code or point me in the way of a good
tutorial I would be thankful for the help

Bandit.

The Form

<form method="post" action="form.php">
<select name="selectitem">
<option value="option 1">Option 1</option>
<option value="option 2">Option 2</option>
<option value="option 3">Option 3</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>

The PHP
<?php
print $_POST['selectitem'];
?>

Jul 17 '05 #4

Larry Jaques

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:11:30 -0300, "Bandit" <we*******@bar-guide.ca>
calmly ranted:

Thanks - I have tried this and I get the return of field cannot be null...
Give it a default option of your choice, such as

<option value="option 1" selected>Option 1</option>
^^^^^^^^

"oeb -=- bleh bleh bleh" <oe*@cotse.com> wrote in message
news:ce**********@kermit.esat.net...

The Form

<form method="post" action="form.php">
<select name="selectitem">
<option value="option 1">Option 1</option>
<option value="option 2">Option 2</option>
<option value="option 3">Option 3</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>

The PHP
<?php
print $_POST['selectitem'];
?>

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Jul 17 '05 #5

Geoff Berrow

I noticed that Message-ID: <ZP********************@nnrp1.uunet.ca> from
Bandit contained the following:

Thanks - I have tried this and I get the return of field cannot be null...

The following works on my machine:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<form method="post" action="">
<select name="selectitem">
<option value="option 1">Option 1</option>
<option value="option 2">Option 2</option>
<option value="option 3">Option 3</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['selectitem'])){
print $_POST['selectitem'];
}
?>
</body>
</html>

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Jul 17 '05 #6

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