I guess this all is in a form so on the next page it should be in: echo $_POST[department]; or in echo $department depending on the php version -----Original Message----- From: Alex Francis [mailto:afrancis@camerondesign.co.uk] Sent: donderdag 19 december 2002 12:05 To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Passing selection to next page I have a drop down list created using the following code and am having trouble passing my selection to the next page. Can anyone help? <? $query = "select distinct department from courses order by department"; $result = mysql_query($query); echo "<SELECT ID='Category Combo Box' NAME='department'>"; echo "<OPTION VALUE=' ' SELECTED>Select Department</OPTION>"; While ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { echo "<OPTION VALUE='"; echo stripslashes($row["department"]); echo "'> "; echo stripslashes($row["department"]); echo "</OPTION>"; } echo "</SELECT>"; mysql_free_result($result); ?> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
