Hi :)
It's really simpel
//$Unit = ($_GET['Unit']);
//...
//echo "<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=basefull.php>";
You use "post" as method and then you want to read your value with $_GET -
that couldnt't work - you must use $_POST.
->$Unit = ($_POST['Unit']);
Greetings from Germany
Kristin Schesonka
> I am using PHP 4.3.0
> The way that I usually carry variables from one page to another is
> $Unit = ($_GET['Unit']);
>
> This is the page that is referencing it!
> <?PHP
> echo "<br><br>";
> $DBName = "SIGO";
> $table1 = "sigo";
> include 'drop.php';
>
> $db = mysql_connect("$DBhost","$DBuser","$DBpass") or die("Problem
> connecting");
> mysql_select_db("$DBName") or die("Problem selecting database");
> $query = "SELECT distinct (Unit) FROM $table1";
> $result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Query failed");
> //let's get the number of rows in our result so we can use it in a for
loop
> $numofrows = mysql_num_rows($result);
> echo "<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=basefull.php>";
> echo "<center>";
> echo "<select name=Unit>";
> for($i = 0; $i < $numofrows; $i++) {
> $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); //get a row from our result set
> echo "<option>".$row['Unit']."\n";
> }
> echo "</select>";
> echo "<BR><br>";
> echo "<INPUT TYPE=submit value=Submit>";
> echo "</center>";
> ?>
>
> Oviously this isn't working.....any clues as to why I can't carry the
> variable?
>
>
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