Help with searchform php

  • Resolved ppivec

    (@ppivec)


    15 years, 3 months ago

    I am trying to make this work but it will not get the variable from the dropdown. I can manually add text to $search_text but not from the $_POST. Any help is REALLY appreciated.

    The code:

    <form method="post" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/">
				  <table width=100% border="0" align="center">
				    <tr>
				      <td><label>Select Genre/Type of Game</label>
				        <br />
				        <select name="genre">
				          <option value="Music"> - </option>
				          <option value="Action"  > Action </option>
				          <option value="Adventure"  > Adventure </option>
				          <option value="Arcade"  > Arcade </option>
			            </select></td>
			        </tr>
	      </table>
<?php $search_text = $_REQUEST["genre"]; ?>
<input type="text" value="<?php echo $search_text; ?>" name="s" id="s" />
<input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search now" />
</form>

    Thanks in advance

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  • Thread Starter ppivec

    (@ppivec)

    Update:
    I am presuming that the problem is passing a variable from javascript (the table) to php. Hence I have tried this…

    <script type='text/javascript'>
<?php $search_text ?> = document.write(document.getElementById('genre').value ); <?php ;?>;
</script>

<form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/">

				  <table width=100% border="0" align="center">
				    <tr>
				      <td><label>Select Genre/Type of Game</label>
				        <br />
				        <select name="genre" id="genre" >
				          <option value="Music"> - </option>
				          <option value="Action"  > Action </option>
				          <option value="Adventure"  > Adventure </option>
				          <option value="Arcade"  > Arcade </option>
			            </select></td></table>

<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $search_text; ?>" />

<input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search the Engage catalog now" />
</form>

    But sadly it does not work either.
    Any experts out there that could please help?
    Thanks in advance.

    Thread Starter ppivec

    (@ppivec)

    Sorted. The searchform (get_var) reads from “s”.
    Renamed dropdown control to “s” and deleted hidden input, and it works fine.

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