drop down list in a html webform and php

[Uraken]

Hi all i want to create a web form with a drop down list and have and have it sent to my email. I have created standard html form and the php file that sends it to my email which works ok, for all the text boxex in the form but when i add a drop down list menu to the form the results don't come through as there is no coresponding php code in the php file and i don't how to do this, can anyone help please?

 

thanks in advance

[Jona]

This might help:

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_option.asp

 

If you set an id / name in the option tag you should be able to read the value it's assigned just like any other field.

 

Cheers

Jona

[cl0n3]

Might be worth posting your code so a bit of debugging can be done

[Ryan]

I've done something like this recently for a couple of little projects. I'll post again when i get home.

 

Where's the contents of your list coming from? Database/file or hand-coded?

[Uraken]

thanks for the replys all the code is enclosed i save it all as a php file upload and most works just not the drop down bit:

//begin code

<?php

 

// Only show error messages, not the warnings...

ini_set("error_reporting", "E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE");

 

// E-mail address to which the form will be sent...

$form_email = "[email protected]";

 

if ($_POST['envoi']) {

 

// E-mail headers:

$headers ="MIME-Version: 1.0 \n";

$headers .="From: website\n";

 

 

$headers .="Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 \n";

 

$subject = "Enqu iryFrom website";

 

$header_part = "

";

 

for ($a=1; $a<= $_POST['text_field_number']; $a++) {

$text_fields_part .= "" . $_POST['field_title'.$a] . " = " . $_POST['field'.$a] . "

";

}

 

if ($_POST['email_field_number'] != 0) {

$email_field_part = "" . $_POST['email_title'] . " = " . $_POST['email_field'] . "

";

}

 

if ($_POST['textarea_number'] != 0) {

$text_area_field = "" . $_POST['textarea_title'] . " = " . $_POST['textarea_field'] . "

";

$text_area_field = stripslashes($text_area_field);

}

 

$end = "";

 

$output = $header_part . $text_fields_part . $email_field_part . $text_area_field . $end;

 

// Send the e-mail

if (@!mail($form_email,$subject,$output,$headers)) {

echo("Cannot send the form");

} else { // Closing if !mail...

 

// Redirect to the thank you page

header("Location:thankyou.html");

exit();

 

} // Fin du else

} // Closing if edit

?>

 

 

How many Beds	1 2 3 4 5
How many large Boxes
How many wardrobes
How many pianos
How many small boxes
Email Address
Any other info here please

 

//end code

[cl0n3]

In the bit where you are fetching the submitted variables (using $_POST) I don't see where you are fetching the 'people' variable which would be filled with the value from the drop down box.

This could be why you do not get this value in the email.

[Ryan]

Yep, as Shane says, you need to be pulling that information back in. There's nothing being passed from the dropdown selection.

 

And i won't mention the use of the deprecated FONT tag or the replication of code at this point

[Uraken]

Hi chaps i'm not sure if i gave the impression i wrote this myself (god no, i wish i was that clever) so please assume very little coding knowledge and feel free to point out the errors, as well as guidance as to how to put them right.

Can you show me the code i need to add please?

[cl0n3]

And i won't mention the use of the deprecated FONT tag or the replication of code at this point

Damn another rule from Fight Club that I've failed!

[cl0n3]

After:

 

if ($_POST['textarea_number'] != 0) {

$text_area_field = "" . $_POST['textarea_title'] . " = " . $_POST['textarea_field'] . "

";

$text_area_field = stripslashes($text_area_field);

}

 

Put something like:

 

$text_area_field = $text_area_field."

People:".stripslashes($_POST['people'])."

";

 

But you may need to do more to sort out stopping people from adding naughty code etc

(I am going over in my head the crudeness that I have used but I have to run now, sorry!)

Edited March 4, 2008 by cl0n3

[Uraken]

i tried that line of code shane it returns the all the text boxes but nothing for the drop down although it does now say the word people at the bottom of the email message now.

I'm lost now and in above my head i think.

[alan-d]

Not an answer to your question but I spotted this

 

$subject = "Enqu iryFrom website";

 

move the space from between the 'u' and 'i' and put it after the 'y'

 

[cl0n3]

//begin code

<?php

 

// Only show error messages, not the warnings...

ini_set("error_reporting", "E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE");

 

// E-mail address to which the form will be sent...

$form_email = "[email protected]";

 

if ($_POST['envoi']) {

 

// E-mail headers:

$headers ="MIME-Version: 1.0 \n";

$headers .="From: website\n";

 

 

$headers .="Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 \n";

 

$subject = "Enqu iryFrom website";

 

$header_part = "

";

 

for ($a=1; $a<= $_POST['text_field_number']; $a++) {

$text_fields_part .= "" . $_POST['field_title'.$a] . " = " . $_POST['field'.$a] . "

";

}

 

if ($_POST['email_field_number'] != 0) {

$email_field_part = "" . $_POST['email_title'] . " = " . $_POST['email_field'] . "

";

}

 

if ($_POST['textarea_number'] != 0) {

$text_area_field = "" . $_POST['textarea_title'] . " = " . $_POST['textarea_field'] . "

";

$text_area_field = stripslashes($text_area_field);

}

 

$text_area_field = $text_area_field."

People:".stripslashes($_POST['people'])."

";

 

$end = "";

 

$output = $header_part . $text_fields_part . $email_field_part . $text_area_field . $end;

 

// Send the e-mail

if (@!mail($form_email,$subject,$output,$headers)) {

echo("Cannot send the form");

} else { // Closing if !mail...

 

// Redirect to the thank you page

header("Location:thankyou.html");

exit();

 

} // Fin du else

} // Closing if edit

?>

 

 

How many Beds	1 2 3 4 5
How many large Boxes
How many wardrobes
How many pianos
How many small boxes
Email Address
Any other info here please

 

//end code

[cl0n3]

If you can try that out and post back here with any errors (Sorry I dont have access to the Apache server at the moment so can't test it out).

Cheers

 

(May need to remove the line: ini_set("error_reporting", "E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE"); to see the any errors)

Edited March 5, 2008 by cl0n3

[Uraken]

hi shane thanks that works now although it returns it at the bottom like this:

 

How many Beds =

How many large Boxes = 3

How many wardrobes = 3

How many pianos = 3

How many small boxes = 3

Email Address = [email protected]

Any other info here please = fsgdf

 

How many beds:2

 

p.s if i have more than one drop down can i assume i repeat the syntax with the new select id?

 

thanks again

[cl0n3]

hi shane thanks that works now although it returns it at the bottom like this:

 

How many Beds =

How many large Boxes = 3

How many wardrobes = 3

How many pianos = 3

How many small boxes = 3

Email Address = [email protected]

Any other info here please = fsgdf

 

How many beds:2

 

p.s if i have more than one drop down can i assume i repeat the syntax with the new select id?

 

thanks again

 

 

You will also need a new name variable for the new select element (So in the first drop down box the name is 'people' this will have to be different in a new one as this is what the $_POST uses)

 

So you would like the 'How many beds' information at the top of the email yeah?

 

Try this:

 

//begin code

<?php

 

// Only show error messages, not the warnings...

ini_set("error_reporting", "E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE");

 

// E-mail address to which the form will be sent...

$form_email = "[email protected]";

 

if ($_POST['envoi']) {

 

// E-mail headers:

$headers ="MIME-Version: 1.0 \n";

$headers .="From: website\n";

 

 

$headers .="Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 \n";

 

$subject = "Enqu iryFrom website";

 

$header_part = "

";

 

$text_fields_part = "

How many bed:".stripslashes($_POST['people'])."

";

 

for ($a=1; $a<= $_POST['text_field_number']; $a++) {

$text_fields_part .= "" . $_POST['field_title'.$a] . " = " . $_POST['field'.$a] . "

";

}

 

if ($_POST['email_field_number'] != 0) {

$email_field_part = "" . $_POST['email_title'] . " = " . $_POST['email_field'] . "

";

}

 

if ($_POST['textarea_number'] != 0) {

$text_area_field = "" . $_POST['textarea_title'] . " = " . $_POST['textarea_field'] . "

";

$text_area_field = stripslashes($text_area_field);

}

 

 

$end = "";

 

$output = $header_part . $text_fields_part . $email_field_part . $text_area_field . $end;

 

// Send the e-mail

if (@!mail($form_email,$subject,$output,$headers)) {

echo("Cannot send the form");

} else { // Closing if !mail...

 

// Redirect to the thank you page

header("Location:thankyou.html");

exit();

 

} // Fin du else

} // Closing if edit

?>

 

 

How many Beds	1 2 3 4 5
How many large Boxes
How many wardrobes
How many pianos
How many small boxes
Email Address
Any other info here please

 

//end code

 

Again sorry I can't test it (sorry I keep on editing this post, keep seeing things that I need to change)

Edited March 5, 2008 by cl0n3

[Uraken]

thanks for that shane i understand it now. The last code did not work so i reverted back i will have to make do with it where it is thanks again for your help.

[cl0n3]

thanks for that shane i understand it now. The last code did not work so i reverted back i will have to make do with it where it is thanks again for your help.

 

No worries