Here's a pure php version. <html> <head> <title>Display Option</title> </head> <body> <form name="form1" method="GET" action="select.php"> ex: <select name="product"> <option value="a">Apple</option> <option value="b">Orange</option> </select> <p><input TYPE="submit" </p> </form> <?php $option_var = $_GET["product"]; print "Option Var = " . $option_var . "<br />"; ?> </body> </html> Internet Content Developer tbirchmire@xxxxxxx ------ Original Message ------ Received: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:27:54 AM EDT From: vijaya lakshmi <vijayalakshmi6jun@xxxxxxxxx> To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: select option value into a variable > so i need access using ajax call is it.......... > > Can you please help me out with an example ........... > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Pete <cgrp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > In message <AANLkTim2HnJ6KCwj06z-XdfL06FrjExnQXjcRZCvXygy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<AANLkTim2HnJ6KCwj06z-XdfL06FrjExnQXjcRZCvXygy%40mail.gmail.com> > > >, vijaya lakshmi <vijayalakshmi6jun@xxxxxxxxx<vijayalakshmi6jun%40gmail.com>> > > writes > > > > >Hi, > > >need to take the option value of select into a php variable. > > > > > >Can you plz help me in doing this. > > > > > >ex: <select name="product"> > > ><option value="a">Apple</option> > > ><option value="b"></option> > > ></select> > > > > > >so if i select apple then another list box is to be generated. > > > > > >if i select orange a diffrent list box should be generated. > > > > > >Can you please guide me on how to go about this. > > > > > >Thanks in advance...... > > > > I have two versions of this running: > > select a continent, then a list of countries in the continent appears, > > select a country and a list of states appears, > > etc > > > > In an older one, I had the select inside an IFRAME, so that only that > > part of the screen appeared to change, and the main screen stays the > > same. > > > > A more modern version uses Ajax to collect the country data for the > > continent (this becomes much more worthwhile when you collect the state > > data for each country). > > > > Have a look at Ajax in Google. Much more flexible. But the old > > fashioned IFRAME is simpler and easier to code if you are new and just > > want to get it working. > > > > -- > > Pete Clark > > > > Local sites for Local People in Spain > > http://localFaces.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks & Regards > Vijayalakshmi > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Are you looking for a PHP job? > Join the PHP Professionals directory Now! > http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
