assigning variable value from list box 1

[canajun]

I am trying to assign a value to a variable from a selection in a list box generated by the following code:

<form action="rateadmin.php" method="post">
        <select name="file">
                   <? $folder = "rates/";
                   $handle = opendir($folder);
                   while ($file = readdir($handle))
                   {
                   $files[] = $file;
                   }
                   closedir($handle);
                   foreach ($files as $file) {
                   print "<option value=$folder$file>$file</option>";
                   }
                   ?>
                   </select><input name="" type="submit" value="Get File" />
</form>

Then I want to include the file selected from above, in the rest of the file (files contain variables used to populate text fields in a form)

Something like:

$filea = addslashes($_POST['file']);
if (isset($filea)) {
    include $filea;
}

I do not want to include anything, if no file is selected (or the variable $filea is not set)..

I am having trouble with this.. can anyone help?

 

[vacunita]

I would fist check whether or not $_POST['file'] is actually populated.

If its populated, the you can run it through addslashes, and check that the file actually exists.

if(isset($_POST['file'])){
  $filea=addslashes($_POST['file']);
  if(file_exists($filea)){
   include($filea);
   }

}

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[canajun]

Great.. that did it..

Thanks!