[WSG] Select that goes to a new URL
Hi all, This should be pretty basic stuff, but coding the forms can be a bit above me sometimes :) I've hunted around and can't seem to find the answer, so here goes... I've got a select box, with a bunch of options that need to go to another page in the website when the go button is clicked. I'm running this on my localhost, so not sure if the CGI scripts are all there, I am running PHP though, so it would be ideal to set it up that way. Here is my code, would appreciate any links/advice. Cheers form action=post action=http://localhost/includes/redirect.php; name=selectCourse id=selectCourseForm fieldset select name=New_URL optionSelect a course/option option value=http://localhost/courses/artsAndMedia.php;Arts amp; Media/option option value=http://localhost/courses/businessAndPublicServices.php;Business amp; Public Services/option option value=http://localhost/courses/careTravelAndTourism.php;Care Travel amp; Tourism/option optionESOL amp; Languages/option optionHair, Beauty amp; Sport/option optionHumanities amp; English/option optionICT amp; Maths/option optionPerforming Arts amp; Media/option optionSkills for life/option optionScience/option /select input name=submit type=submit id=goButton_replace value=Go/ /fieldset /form I've tried it with this redirect PHP script, but doesn't seem to work: ?php header(Location: . $_POST['id']); ? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
RE: [WSG] Select that goes to a new URL
Your select name attribute is New_URL but you're looking for a POST attribute called id. Change your PHP script to $_POST[New_URL] and it should work. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Collins Sent: 10 July 2007 15:58 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Select that goes to a new URL Hi all, This should be pretty basic stuff, but coding the forms can be a bit above me sometimes :) I've hunted around and can't seem to find the answer, so here goes... I've got a select box, with a bunch of options that need to go to another page in the website when the go button is clicked. I'm running this on my localhost, so not sure if the CGI scripts are all there, I am running PHP though, so it would be ideal to set it up that way. Here is my code, would appreciate any links/advice. Cheers form action=post action=http://localhost/includes/redirect.php; name=selectCourse id=selectCourseForm fieldset select name=New_URL optionSelect a course/option option value=http://localhost/courses/artsAndMedia.php;Arts amp; Media/option option value=http://localhost/courses/businessAndPublicServices.php;Business amp; Public Services/option option value=http://localhost/courses/careTravelAndTourism.php;Care Travel amp; Tourism/option optionESOL amp; Languages/option optionHair, Beauty amp; Sport/option optionHumanities amp; English/option optionICT amp; Maths/option optionPerforming Arts amp; Media/option optionSkills for life/option optionScience/option /select input name=submit type=submit id=goButton_replace value=Go/ /fieldset /form I've tried it with this redirect PHP script, but doesn't seem to work: ?php header(Location: . $_POST['id']); ? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Select that goes to a new URL
you should use $_POST['New_URL'] - thats going to be the value of the select box. Looking at your code there is nothing called ID on there! and also - PHP is really off topic of this list, not sure of any PHP mailers but the sitepoint forums always get me out of bother! - Original Message From: Paul Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, 10 July, 2007 3:57:58 PM Subject: [WSG] Select that goes to a new URL Hi all, This should be pretty basic stuff, but coding the forms can be a bit above me sometimes :) I've hunted around and can't seem to find the answer, so here goes... I've got a select box, with a bunch of options that need to go to another page in the website when the go button is clicked. I'm running this on my localhost, so not sure if the CGI scripts are all there, I am running PHP though, so it would be ideal to set it up that way. Here is my code, would appreciate any links/advice. Cheers form action=post action=http://localhost/includes/redirect.php;; name=selectCourse id=selectCourseForm fieldset select name=New_URL optionSelect a course/option option value=http://localhost/courses/artsAndMedia.php;Arts amp; Media/option option value=http://localhost/courses/businessAndPublicServices.php;Business amp; Public Services/option option value=http://localhost/courses/careTravelAndTourism.php;Care Travel amp; Tourism/option optionESOL amp; Languages/option optionHair, Beauty amp; Sport/option optionHumanities amp; English/option optionICT amp; Maths/option optionPerforming Arts amp; Media/option optionSkills for life/option optionScience/option /select input name=submit type=submit id=goButton_replace value=Go/ /fieldset /form I've tried it with this redirect PHP script, but doesn't seem to work: ?php header(Location: . $_POST['id']); ? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ___ What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Select that goes to a new URL
Thanks for your help guys, makes more sense. It still isn't working though, so I'll go find another forum to post to about PHP. Cheers Paul On 10/07/07, Ross Bruniges [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you should use $_POST['New_URL'] - thats going to be the value of the select box. Looking at your code there is nothing called ID on there! and also - PHP is really off topic of this list, not sure of any PHP mailers but the sitepoint forums always get me out of bother! - Original Message From: Paul Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, 10 July, 2007 3:57:58 PM Subject: [WSG] Select that goes to a new URL Hi all, This should be pretty basic stuff, but coding the forms can be a bit above me sometimes :) I've hunted around and can't seem to find the answer, so here goes... I've got a select box, with a bunch of options that need to go to another page in the website when the go button is clicked. I'm running this on my localhost, so not sure if the CGI scripts are all there, I am running PHP though, so it would be ideal to set it up that way. Here is my code, would appreciate any links/advice. Cheers form action=post action=http://localhost/includes/redirect.php;; name=selectCourse id=selectCourseForm fieldset select name=New_URL optionSelect a course/option option value=http://localhost/courses/artsAndMedia.php;Arts Media/option option value=http://localhost/courses/businessAndPublicServices.php;Business Public Services/option option value=http://localhost/courses/careTravelAndTourism.php;Care Travel Tourism/option optionESOL Languages/option optionHair, Beauty Sport/option optionHumanities English/option optionICT Maths/option optionPerforming Arts Media/option optionSkills for life/option optionScience/option /select input name=submit type=submit id=goButton_replace value=Go/ /fieldset /form I've tried it with this redirect PHP script, but doesn't seem to work: ?php header(Location: . $_POST['id']); ? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ___ What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Select that goes to a new URL
On Jul 10, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Paul Collins wrote: form action=post action=http://localhost/includes/redirect.php;; name=selectCourse id=selectCourseForm Should be : method=post NOT action=post But I have to wonder why the need to use this method to form a purely navigational function..? Unless you're collecting other data within the form before the redirect? Andrew 109B SE 4th Av Gainesville FL 32601 Cell: 352-870-6661 http://www.andrewmaben.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a well designed user interface, the user should not need instructions. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
