How Do I Pass More Than One Value With Drop Down Box?

[HowdeeDoodee]

I need to pass more than one value from within a drop down box.

The following code is not working because the first option value statement is not correct. How do I pass three values at one time when only one option is selected by the user?

<form action="">
<br>
What source do you want to use?<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="MX" value="ON">MX<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="ZX" value="ON">ZX<br>
<br>
Which reference do you want to see?<br>
<select name="internet">
<option value=BK=Tap&CH=10&VR=20>BKTapCH10VR20
<option value="No value">No value
</select>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Send it"><input type="reset" value="Clear it"></p>
</form>

I want the eventual output from this form to be like this...

[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.webpage.com/XZ/SeeNew.php?BT=ON&BK=Tap&CH=10&VR=20[/URL]

Thank you in advance for any replies.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Off of the top of my head, I'm inclined to say that you cannot do this.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Just to clarify my last post, I meant with HTML alone. You could do it with JavaScript quite easily.

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[cLFlaVA]

Why don't you do something like:

<option value="BK:Tap|CH:10|VR:20">BKTapCH10VR20</option>

And then just parse out the data as needed?

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[tsdragon]

The only thing wrong with that option statement is that you are missing the quotes around the value:

<option value=[red]"[/red]BK=Tap&CH=10&VR=20[red]"[/red]>BKTapCH10VR20

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

The other thing wrong with it is that the & are not escaped as &.

The reason I said I thought it would not work is that when the value is put in the URL, the "&" would most likely appear as "%26", not as "&", as HowdeeDoodee wants.

Dan



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[JamesLean]

the "&" would most likely appear as "%26", not as "&"

Yes, that's exactly what happens. At least when I tested it on IE6.

--James

 

[HowdeeDoodee]

Thank you for the responses. It is correct that the resulting hyperlink has % signs in the link. The link goes to a php page. I am trying to find a parse routine but have not come up with anything yet. Thank you again for the responses.

 

[cLFlaVA]

parse routine;

use the split() function.

for example:

var myVariable = "hs=something";
var myPartsArray = myVariable.split("=");

// displays "hs" in an alert box
alert(myPartsArray[0]);

// displays "something" in an alert box
alert(myPartsArray[1]);

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[HowdeeDoodee]

Thank you for the routine. I will see what I can do. Thanks.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Hang on...

First you said:

I want the eventual output from this form to be like this...

[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.webpage.com/XZ/SeeNew.php?BT=ON&BK=Tap&CH=10&VR=20[/URL]

and now you're saying:

It is correct that the resulting hyperlink has % signs in the link.

Well which is it? Do you want the & escaped or don't you?

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[HowdeeDoodee]

Dan, I was replying to your post that said

The other thing wrong with it is that the & are not escaped as &.

The reason I said I thought it would not work is that when the value is put in the URL, the "&" would most likely appear as "%26", not as "&", as HowdeeDoodee wants.

My comment could be reworded and say, "Yes, Dan was correct in saying a % sign appears in the output."

So to be really, really, really clear, the output I want is

[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.webpage.com/XZ/SeeNew.php?BT=ON&BK=Tap&CH=10&VR=20;[/URL]

Anything positive is always welcomed.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Apologies - I misunderstood your post as meaning that the correct format you wanted should have % signs in.

Dan



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