Hey Steve,
You also don't have a 'selected' default value, so if someone doesn't
> select anything, you "sometimes" don't get any value... if you have a
> default, then <value option="{default}" selected="selected">{default
> option}</option>
Thanks for that tip! Here's what I put that is similar to what you
suggested. And it works:
<option selected="selected" value="selected">Don't know</option>
Thanks again, and once again a Merry Christmas to all!
On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Steve Staples <sstaples@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 14-12-24 12:33 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote:
>
>> Aziz,
>>
>>
>> Try removing the spaces between value = "a" -> value="a". For some odd
>>> reason chrome translates that for me (on windows) to:
>>> <option value =" "a"">I’m a regular customer</option>
>>> Also insure that your files are all utf8 encoded.
>>>
>>
>> Good eye!! That got me working.
>>
>> The table now reads:
>>
>> <td>How did you find Bob’s?</td>
>> <td><select name="find">
>> <option value="a">I’m a regular customer</option>
>> <option value="b">TV advertising</option>
>> <option value="c">Phone directory</option>
>> <option value="d">Word of mouth</option>
>> </select>
>> </td>
>>
>> And the script now outputs this:
>>
>> This is what's in the $find variable: a
>>
>> Regular customer.
>>
>> Thanks again to everyone who contributed to this thread! Especially to Ted
>> and his excellent PHP web tutorials. They're all great!
>>
>> Once again Merry Christmas to all!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Aziz Saleh <azizsaleh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your response. Thanks also to Ted for posting that tutorial.
>>>> The
>>>> tutorial was good, but I'm still having a hard time figuring out why the
>>>> $find variable doesn't have the value specified in the "value" tag.
>>>> Because
>>>> it looks like the value tag in Ted's example works correctly!
>>>>
>>>> For example if I have this option selected:
>>>>
>>>> <option value = "a">I’m a regular customer</option>
>>>>
>>>> The contents of $find on the php page are "I'm a regular customer" and
>>>> not
>>>> the value which should be "a". And that just strikes me as odd!
>>>>
>>>> And if I select option a the output on the web page is the following:
>>>>
>>>> This is what's in the $find variable: I’m a regular customer
>>>>
>>>> We do not know how this customer found us.
>>>>
>>>> I thought I enclosed both the orderform.html and processorder.php files
>>>> in
>>>> the original email. But I guess I must not have attached one of them.
>>>>
>>>> Just so I don't screw that up again, here's the two files inline in the
>>>> email! :)
>>>>
>>>> Neither of them is that long, so I hope no one minds.
>>>>
>>>> <!doctype html>
>>>>
>>>> <html lang="en-us">
>>>>
>>>> <head>
>>>>
>>>> <meta charset="utf-8">
>>>>
>>>> <title>Order Form</title>
>>>>
>>>> </head>
>>>>
>>>> <body>
>>>>
>>>> <form action="processorder.php" method="post">
>>>>
>>>> <table border="0">
>>>>
>>>> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
>>>>
>>>> <td width="150">Item</td>
>>>>
>>>> <td width="15">Quantity</td>
>>>>
>>>> </tr>
>>>>
>>>> <tr>
>>>>
>>>> <td>Tires</td>
>>>>
>>>> <td align="center"> <input type="text" name="tireqty"
>>>> size="3"
>>>> maxlength="3" /></td>
>>>>
>>>> <tr>
>>>>
>>>> <td>Oil</td>
>>>>
>>>> <td align="center"><input type="text" name="oilqty" size="3"
>>>> maxlength="3" /></td>
>>>>
>>>> </tr>
>>>>
>>>> <tr>
>>>>
>>>> <td>Spark Plugs</td>
>>>>
>>>> <td align="center"><input type="text" name="sparkqty"
>>>> size="3"
>>>> maxlength="3" /></td>
>>>>
>>>> </tr>
>>>>
>>>> <tr>
>>>>
>>>> <td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit"
>>>> value="Submit Order" /></td>
>>>>
>>>> </tr>
>>>>
>>>> <tr>
>>>>
>>>> <td>How did you find Bob’s?</td>
>>>>
>>>> <td><select name="find">
>>>>
>>>> <option value = "a">I’m a regular customer</option>
>>>>
>>>> <option value = "b">TV advertising</option>
>>>>
>>>> <option value = "c">Phone directory</option>
>>>>
>>>> <option value = "d">Word of mouth</option>
>>>>
>>>> </select>
>>>>
>>>> </td>
>>>>
>>>> </tr>
>>>>
>>>> </table>
>>>>
>>>> </form>
>>>>
>>>> </body>
>>>> And here is the processorder.php script:
>>>>
>>>> tml>
>>>> <head>
>>>> <title>Bob's Auto Parts - Order Results</title>
>>>> </head>
>>>> <body>
>>>> <h1>Bob's Auto Parts</h1>
>>>> <h2>Order Results</h2>
>>>> <?php
>>>> // create short variable names
>>>> $tireqty = $_POST['tireqty'];
>>>> $oilqty = $_POST['oilqty'];
>>>> $sparkqty = $_POST['sparkqty'];
>>>> $find = $_POST['find'];
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> echo '<p>Your order is as follows:</p>';
>>>> if ($tireqty ==0) {
>>>> echo "You did not order anything on the previous page!<br />";
>>>> } else {
>>>> if ($tireqty > 0)
>>>> echo $tireqty." tires<br />";
>>>> if ($oilqty > 0)
>>>> echo $oilqty." bottles of oil<br />";
>>>> if ($sparkqty > 0)
>>>> echo $sparkqty." spark plugs<br />";
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> echo "<br /><br />";
>>>>
>>>> $totalqty = 0;
>>>> $totalqty = $tireqty + $oilqty + $sparkqty;
>>>> echo "Items ordered: " . $totalqty. "<br ./>";
>>>>
>>>> define('TIREPRICE', 100);
>>>> define('OILPRICE', 10);
>>>> define('SPARKPRICE', 4);
>>>>
>>>> $totalamount = $tireqty * TIREPRICE
>>>> + $oilqty * OILPRICE
>>>> + $sparkqty * SPARKPRICE;
>>>>
>>>> echo "Subtotal: $".number_format($totalamount,2)."<br />";
>>>> $taxrate = 0.10;
>>>> $totalamount = $totalamount * (1+ $taxrate);
>>>> echo "Total Including Tax:
>>>> $".number_format($totalamount, 2)."<br />";
>>>>
>>>> /*echo "<p>this is the $_POST[find] variable: " .
>>>> var_dump($_POST['find'])
>>>> . "</p>";
>>>> echo "<p>this is the \"find\" variable: " . var_dump($find) . "</p>";*/
>>>>
>>>> echo '<p>This is what\'s in the $find variable: ' . $find . '</p>';
>>>>
>>>> /*if ($find == "I’m a regular customer") {
>>>> echo "<p>Regular customer.</p>";
>>>> } elseif ($find == "TV advertising") {
>>>> echo "<p>Customer referred by TV advert";
>>>> } elseif ($find == "Phone directory") {
>>>> echo "<p>Customer referred by phone directory</p>";
>>>> } elseif ($find == "Word of mouth") {
>>>> echo "<p>Customer referred by word of mount</p>";
>>>> } else {
>>>> echo "<p>We do not know how this customer found us.</p>";
>>>> }*/
>>>>
>>>> if ($find == "a") {
>>>> echo "<p>Regular customer.</p>";
>>>> } elseif ($find == "b") {
>>>> echo "<p>Customer referred by TV advert";
>>>> } elseif ($find == "c") {
>>>> echo "<p>Customer referred by phone directory</p>";
>>>> } elseif ($find == "d") {
>>>> echo "<p>Customer referred by word of mount</p>";
>>>> } else {
>>>> echo "<p>We do not know how this customer found us.</p>";
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> ?>
>>>> </body>
>>>> </html>
>>>>
>>>> Furthermore, the script I'm working with is actually hanging out on the
>>>> Internet right here:
>>>>
>>>> http://php.lyricgem.com/orderform.html
>>>>
>>>> That's in case you want to see it in action. That's just my hobby dev
>>>> instance on the amazon free tier! Notthing there needs to be secure that
>>>> isn't already protected by the firewall!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and Merry Christmas to all!
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Jim Giner <
>>>> jim.giner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The code as posted works just fine for me. Must be something you are
>>>>>
>>>> not
>>>>
>>>>> showing us that is affecting your html. Have you looked at the source
>>>>>
>>>> code
>>>>
>>>>> in the browser window to see if it appears correctly?
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>> Try removing the spaces between value = "a" -> value="a". For some odd
>>> reason chrome translates that for me (on windows) to:
>>>
>>> <option value =" "a"">I’m a regular customer</option>
>>>
>>> Also insure that your files are all utf8 encoded.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> You also don't have a 'selected' default value, so if someone doesn't
> select anything, you "sometimes" don't get any value... if you have a
> default, then <value option="{default}" selected="selected">{default
> option}</option>
>
>
>
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>
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>
>
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