Receiving Listboxes in PHP

benrose111488 · 01-15-2005, 10:50 PM

Okay, here's the code I have on a page in HTML:

Code:

<FORM NAME="vote" ACTION="post.php" METHOD="POST">
<select NAME="actual">
<option>Ashley Allshouse</option>
<option>Zac Hall</option>
<option>Christa Zinner</option>
<option>Kayla Hall</option>
<option>Ben Rose</option>
</select>
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Vote!">
</FORM>

Then on page post.php:

Code:

$vote=$POST["actual"];

returns a null value and prints nothing. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

btmiller · 01-15-2005, 11:02 PM

You need value attributes in your option tags as in:

Code:

<select NAME="actual">
<option value="Ashley Allshous">Ashley Allshouse</option>
...
</select>

The value attribute is what actually gets past in the post or get request.

benrose111488 · 01-15-2005, 11:11 PM

hmmm, I looked into it really close, and realized my mistake was actually very stupid...

Code:

$vote=$POST["actual"];

Should have actually been:

Code:

$vote=$_POST["actual"];

This works in Mozilla now effectively, but my question now is if I'm missing the value attribute, will the same code work in Internet Explorer?

N43 · 01-16-2005, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by btmiller
The value attribute is what actually gets past in the post or get request.

The value attribute doesn't need to be specified. If it wasn't set the text between <option>...</option> will be transmitted.