I have a dropdown "select" in a form that was filled in from a DB. I'm trying to read the selected value. I can't seem to figure this out. Can someone please assist me?

Loading the dropdown works fine:

$results = $xoopsDB->query("SELECT `types_title` FROM ". XOOPS_DB_PREFIX ."_dar_types");
$select_str = "";
while ($opt = $xoopsDB->fetchArray($results)) {
$sel = $opt['types_title'];
$select_str .= " $sel\n";
}

echo "

"; // "select_str" are the "option values" for the select gadget echo " "; Notice I set the stage to 2 and when the submit button is pressed it reruns the same code which tries to extract the value of the dropdown but I can't seem to get the syntax correct... if($stage == 2) { $res = $_POST['selection']; <=== won't read the selection... echo $_POST['selection']; echo " "; } else { echo " "; } Any help is greatly appreciated... Thanks Doug P 2 Re: Strugglnig to read the selected string from a dropdown 2004/7/16 12:28 Mithrandir XOOPS is my life! Posts: 6320 Since: 2003/6/21 if you just want a single value sent, you should not give the SELECT a name ending with [] as this indicates an array value to the output 3 Re: Strugglnig to read the selected string from a dropdown 2004/7/16 14:21 phillipd Quite a regular Posts: 219 Since: 2004/4/20 I think I've tried that, to no avail. Do you have a sample snippit of reading an item from a dropdown that you know works? Thank you for your valuable time sir! [Edit] Figured it out... I didn't realize I needed the text in two places in the option value statement. I was doing: $select_str .= "$sel\n"; Needed... $select_str .= "$sel\n"; Regards Doug P 4 Re: Strugglnig to read the selected string from a dropdown 2004/7/16 16:16 Mithrandir XOOPS is my life! Posts: 6320 Since: 2003/6/21 Bleh... I should have caught that one. Reply Register Add Poll Login Username Password Remember me Reset Register now!  |  Lost Password? Search Advanced Search Recent Posts Re: wgFilemanager released for testing and contribution Yesterday 0:03 liomj Re: activate block by default 8/26 23:56 liomj activate block by default 8/24 9:52 goffy Re: wgFilemanager released for testing and contribution 8/21 15:19 heyula wgFilemanager released for testing and contribution 8/21 13:17 goffy Re: XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-2 available for Testing 8/21 4:12 Mamba Re: XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-2 available for Testing 8/18 21:19 jjdai Re: XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-2 available for Testing 8/18 17:53 Mamba Re: XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-2 available for Testing 8/18 9:58 jjdai Re: XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-2 available for Testing 8/18 8:16 jjdai Who's Online 320 user(s) are online (90 user(s) are browsing Support Forums) Members: 0 Guests: 320 more... Donat-O-Meter "._XD_SELTITLE." $select_str "._XD_TITLE." "._XD_TITLE." Stats Goal: $100.00 Due Date: Aug 31 Gross Amount: $0.00 Net Balance: $0.00 Left to go: $100.00 Latest GitHub Commits {{ record.sha.slice(0, 7) }} - {{ record.commit.message | truncate }} {{ record.commit.author.name }} {{ record.commit.author.date | formatDate }}