if you post or get the form $choice is there for php. this is how form submission works in php. try this: <?php echo("$choice<br>"); ?> <form action="#" method="post"> <select name="choice"> <option>aaa <option>bbb <option>ccc <option>ddd </select> <input type="submit" value="default value"> </form> wh Tim Ward Senior Systems Engineer Please refer to the following disclaimer in respect of this message: http://www.stivesdirect.com/e-mail-disclaimer.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanden Eynde Pascal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 May 2001 10:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Sending information between pages??? > > > Hello, > I have a page A with a combobox. Next to the combobox I have a link to > another page (B). The idea is that I select a value in my > combobox, then > click the link and the value of the selected value in the > combobox should be > send to the page B. Is this possible with php and html? I've > tried something > like: > <select name=choice> > <option>aaa > <option>bbb > </select> > .... > <a href="B.php?var=$choice" target="this">B</a> > > but this didn't work, guess it only works if you insert a > value directly in > the link and not a variable. > > I thought of working with buttons but the problem got more > complicated. Page > A actually is a form (the global form), containing three > comboboxes, each > one with a link (to page B). The global form has a submit > button which leads > to page C. If I click the global forms button all the values > selected in the > comboboxes should be sent (easily done with > sessionvariables). If I click a > link then only the value of the combobox under whom the link > is found should > be sent to page B. I tried to make three subforms and to > replace the links > with a postbutton but that didn't work (guess subform don't > exist cause I > didn't find any information about them). So I tried something like: > <form action="page C" method="post"> > <form action = "page B" method="post"> > <select name="cmbox1"> > <option>aaa > <option>bbb > </select> > <input type="submit" name="toB_1"> > </form> > <form action = "page B" method="post"> > <select name="cmbox2"> > <option>aaa > <option>bbb > </select> > <input type="submit" name="toB_2"> > </form> > <form action = "page B" method="post"> > <select name="cmbox3"> > <option>aaa > <option>bbb > </select> > <input type="submit" name="toB_3"> > </form> > <input type="submit" name="toC"> > </form> > > The idea now was when I clicked toB_1 or toB_2 or toB_3 then > page B would > be loaded and only one value (of the right combobox) should > be sent to page > B. But when I click toC then all three values should be sent > to page C. > > My question is if there is a solution in php to solve this > problem (to send > those variables seperately) and so to solve the above stated problem. > > Thanks in advance > > Pascal > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]