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Help with Forms
- Thread starter cogdev
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Well, I'll start out by assuming your form type is "post" and that you're "posting" to a page named "submit.php".
All values entered in a form are stored in the $HTTP_POST_VARS[] array or the $HTTP_GET_VARS[] array, depending on how you're sending the form data.
So, if form.php looks like this:
And submit.php looks like this:
Will display "You have selected science." if you selected science.
*cLFlaVA
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All values entered in a form are stored in the $HTTP_POST_VARS[] array or the $HTTP_GET_VARS[] array, depending on how you're sending the form data.
So, if form.php looks like this:
Code:
<html>
<head><title>form page</title></head>
<body>
<form action="submit.php" method="post">
Select Subject:
<select name="subject">
<option value="math">Math</option>
<option value="science">Science</option>
<option value="english">English</option>
</select>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>And submit.php looks like this:
Code:
<?php
$subject = $HTTP_POST_VARS['subject'];
?>
<html>
<head><title>submit page</title></head>
<body>
You have selected <? echo $subject; ?>.
</body>
</html>Will display "You have selected science." if you selected science.
*cLFlaVA
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A polar bear walks into a bar and says, "Can I have a ... beer?"
The bartender asks, "What's with the big pause?
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