I use select
as below:
<select name=\"taskOption\">
<option>First</option>
<option>Second</option>
<option>Third</option>
</select>
How do I get the value from the select
option and store it into a variable for future use, in PHP?
Use this way:
$selectOption = $_POST[\'taskOption\'];
But it is always better to give values to your <option>
tags.
<select name=\"taskOption\">
<option value=\"1\">First</option>
<option value=\"2\">Second</option>
<option value=\"3\">Third</option>
</select>
You can access values in the $_POST
array by their key. $_POST is an associative array, so to access taskOption
you would use $_POST[\'taskOption\'];
.
Make sure to check if it exists in the $_POST array before proceeding though.
<form method=\"post\" action=\"process.php\">
<select name=\"taskOption\">
<option value=\"first\">First</option>
<option value=\"second\">Second</option>
<option value=\"third\">Third</option>
</select>
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit the form\"/>
</form>
process.php
<?php
$option = isset($_POST[\'taskOption\']) ? $_POST[\'taskOption\'] : false;
if ($option) {
echo htmlentities($_POST[\'taskOption\'], ENT_QUOTES, \"UTF-8\");
} else {
echo \"task option is required\";
exit;
}
<select name=\"taskOption\">
<option value=\"first\">First</option>
<option value=\"second\">Second</option>
<option value=\"third\">Third</option>
</select>
$var = $_POST[\'taskOption\'];
You can do it like this, too:
<?php
if(isset($_POST[\'select1\'])){
$select1 = $_POST[\'select1\'];
switch ($select1) {
case \'value1\':
echo \'this is value1<br/>\';
break;
case \'value2\':
echo \'value2<br/>\';
break;
default:
# code...
break;
}
}
?>
<form action=\"\" method=\"post\">
<select name=\"select1\">
<option value=\"value1\">Value 1</option>
<option value=\"value2\">Value 2</option>
</select>
<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Go\"/>
</form>
Like this:
<?php
$option = $_POST[\'taskOption\'];
?>
The index of the $_POST
array is always based on the value of the name
attribute of any HTML input.
Depends on if the form that the select is contained in has the method set to \"get\" or \"post\".
If <form method=\"get\">
then the value of the select will be located in the super global array $_GET[\'taskOption\']
.
If <form method=\"post\">
then the value of the select will be located in the super global array $_POST[\'taskOption\']
.
To store it into a variable you would:
$option = $_POST[\'taskOption\']
A good place for more information would be the PHP manual: http://php.net/manual/en/tutorial.forms.php
<select name=\"taskOption\">
<option value=\"1\">First</option>
<option value=\"2\">Second</option>
<option value=\"3\">Third</option>
</select>
try this
<?php
if(isset($_POST[\'button_name\'])){
$var = $_POST[\'taskOption\']
if($var == \"1\"){
echo\"your data here\";
}
}?>
-- html file --
<select name=\'city[]\'>
<option name=\'Kabul\' value=\"Kabul\" > Kabul </option>
<option name=\'Herat\' value=\'Herat\' selected=\"selected\"> Herat </option>
<option name=\'Mazar\' value=\'Mazar\'>Mazar </option>
</select>
-- php file --
$city = (isset($_POST[\'city\']) ? $_POST[\'city\']: null);
print(\"city is: \".$city[0]);