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Passing variables through pages

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Sitehelp

Sitehelp

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Hello!
I want the user to be able to select an option from a list menu then submit the chosen variable to the next page. Below is my code and I am sure this is easy but I just cant get it to work????? any ideas please! Thanks


<select name=&quot;CallID&quot; size=&quot;1&quot; id=&quot;CallID&quot; title=&quot;<?php echo $row_OpenCallList['CallID']; ?>&quot;>
<?php
do {
?>
<option value=&quot;<?php echo $row_OpenCallList['CallID']?>&quot;><?php echo $row_OpenCallList['CallID']?></option>
<?php
} while ($row_OpenCallList = mysql_fetch_assoc($OpenCallList));
$rows = mysql_num_rows($OpenCallList);
if($rows > 0) {
mysql_data_seek($OpenCallList, 0);
$row_OpenCallList = mysql_fetch_assoc($OpenCallList);
}
?>
</select>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;Submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; onClick=&quot;&quot;>
 
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the user selects a number from a list, then clicks submit, then the next page will say (for example): &quot;you have chosen number....&quot;

Cheers
 
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Do u mean like this:?

<form name=&quot;form1&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;&quot;>
<select name=&quot;CallID&quot; size=&quot;1&quot; id=&quot;CallID&quot; title=&quot;<?php echo $row_OpenCallList['CallID']; ?>&quot;>
<?php
do {
?>
<option value=&quot;<?php echo $row_OpenCallList['CallID']?>&quot;><?php echo $row_OpenCallList['CallID']?></option>
<?php
} while ($row_OpenCallList = mysql_fetch_assoc($OpenCallList));
$rows = mysql_num_rows($OpenCallList);
if($rows > 0) {
mysql_data_seek($OpenCallList, 0);
$row_OpenCallList = mysql_fetch_assoc($OpenCallList);
}
$goto =&quot;['CallID'].&quot;&quot;;
?>
</select>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;Submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; onClick=&quot;$goto&quot;>
</form>

as its saying &quot;$goto is undefined&quot; and does nothing.

thanks for this!
 
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I have no idea. Use of the OnClick attribute of the input tag takes you from the realm of PHP into the realm of JavaScript. Which is handled by a different forum.


What, in excruciating detail and without the posting of any code, are you trying to do?

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An example could be...

simply selecting a number from a list of 1-10, so I will choose 7 for example, then clicking submit, then the next page loads and says you have chosen the number 7.

 
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form.html contains a POST-method form which contains a select tag named &quot;foo&quot; with options 1 through 10 and a submit button. The &quot;action&quot; attribute of this form is script.php.

script.php prints out $_POST['foo'].

form.htmlo:
Code: 
<html><body><form method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;script.php&quot;>
<select name=&quot;foo&quot;>
   <option value=&quot;1&quot;>1</option>
   <option value=&quot;2&quot;>2</option>
   <option value=&quot;3&quot;>3</option>
   <option value=&quot;4&quot;>4</option>
   <option value=&quot;5&quot;>5</option>
   <option value=&quot;6&quot;>6</option>
   <option value=&quot;7&quot;>7</option>
   <option value=&quot;8&quot;>8</option>
   <option value=&quot;9&quot;>9</option>
   <option value=&quot;10&quot;>10</option>
</select>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot;></form></body><html>

script.php:
Code: 
<?php
print '<html><body>You selected number ' . $_POST['foo'] . '.</body></html>';
?>


Or am I missing something fundamental here?

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Thanks I used that code, changed it a bit for the circumstance I wanted it for, but it works great, cheers!
 
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