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Hiya,
I just wanted to know if anyone can help me with something in PHP when coming to HTML Forms. I know that to refer to a form's Input you just put the name of the Input box after a $ (like $Name $Age). But I'm stuck when it comes to multiple items, like list boxes or check boxes. In my PHP Book it says I can give each set the same name, but different values. Can anyone tell me how I'd use these, so I can ditermin in the Script which one was selected??
.. hope that made some sence...
Thanx in Advance :o).
I just wanted to know if anyone can help me with something in PHP when coming to HTML Forms. I know that to refer to a form's Input you just put the name of the Input box after a $ (like $Name $Age). But I'm stuck when it comes to multiple items, like list boxes or check boxes. In my PHP Book it says I can give each set the same name, but different values. Can anyone tell me how I'd use these, so I can ditermin in the Script which one was selected??
.. hope that made some sence...
Thanx in Advance :o).
Hiya,
I just wanted to know if anyone can help me with something in PHP when coming to HTML Forms. I know that to refer to a form's Input you just put the name of the Input box after a $ (like $Name $Age). But I'm stuck when it comes to multiple items, like list boxes or check boxes. In my PHP Book it says I can give each set the same name, but different values. Can anyone tell me how I'd use these, so I can ditermin in the Script which one was selected??
.. hope that made some sence...
Thanx in Advance :o).
I just wanted to know if anyone can help me with something in PHP when coming to HTML Forms. I know that to refer to a form's Input you just put the name of the Input box after a $ (like $Name $Age). But I'm stuck when it comes to multiple items, like list boxes or check boxes. In my PHP Book it says I can give each set the same name, but different values. Can anyone tell me how I'd use these, so I can ditermin in the Script which one was selected??
.. hope that made some sence...
Thanx in Advance :o).
The data is normally available as a comma-delimited list.
Chris.
Chris.
Erm, from memory I think multiple items of the same name get stored as an array.
In a 'contact us' form I used a selection list (extract from HTML follows):
...
...
then in the php script that receives the form:
...
switch ($sendto) {
case "webmaster": $emailto = "[email protected]"; break;
case "secretary": $emailto = "[email protected]"; break;
case "swimsec": $emailto = "[email protected]"; break;
default: $emailto = "[email protected]"; break;
}
...
In other words, the variable takes on the value of the selected option. I think you can do the same for radio buttons, check boxes etc.
But Turbonutter's right too - you can use an array if you say 'select name="sendto()"' and then the values in that array will tell you what was selected / not.
...
...
then in the php script that receives the form:
...
switch ($sendto) {
case "webmaster": $emailto = "[email protected]"; break;
case "secretary": $emailto = "[email protected]"; break;
case "swimsec": $emailto = "[email protected]"; break;
default: $emailto = "[email protected]"; break;
}
...
In other words, the variable takes on the value of the selected option. I think you can do the same for radio buttons, check boxes etc.
But Turbonutter's right too - you can use an array if you say 'select name="sendto()"' and then the values in that array will tell you what was selected / not.
Thanx for your help people... I'll go try it out :o)
You may already have been to www.phpbuilder.com, which has several useful news groups and articles. I've picked up some useful stuff on PHP from there.
Also try www.php.net