2 values in the value property? 1

[altctrldel]

is it possible to pass 2 values in a option/select/check box?

here is my current script:

<input name=\"planyr\" type=\"radio\" value=\"[b]$one[/b]\" checked=\"checked\" />1 Year Extended Warranty Plan (<strong>[b]$one[/b] dollars</strong>)

well it gets data from a row which has prices for 1, 2 and 3 years and displays them in three option boxes with their prices as the values.

Problem is that I want to also pass how many years they have selected along with the price when they submit the form so that I can also enter them into two seperate fields; lets say price and year.

I was thinking if I can use something like:

checkbox 1 = value=1$one
checkbox 2 = value=2$two
checkbox 3 = value=3$three

where in the first digit will be considered as the years and from the 2nd digit till the end would be considered as the price. But I don't know how to do that in php.

thank you for reading.

 

[jpadie]

not sure whether you are going about it in the best way. might be better to put the number of years in a session variable or in a hidden field on the form. but you can do what you ask

<input name=\"planyr\" type=\"radio\" value=\"1_$one\" checked=\"checked\" />1 Year Extended Warranty Plan (<strong>$one dollars</strong>)

then parse the incoming value

function parsevalue($val) {
  $years = substr($val, 0,1);
  $value = substr($val, 2);
  return array("years"=>$years, "value"=>$val);
}

 

[altctrldel]

thanks! its working great now. ^^