php and javascript and html

[dendic]

I have a dropdown box created in php within html the value of the dropdown box is concatenated example: <?php echo $consignees['consigneename']; ?>
<?php echo "-"; ?>
<?php echo $consignees['city']; ?><?php echo ", "; ?>
<?php echo $consignees['state']; >
When I run this javascript to retrieve the text from the box I get a return but it's spread out like this:
ADM PROTEIN SPECIAL - DECATUR, IL

Should be like this: adm protein special-Decatur, il
Perhaps if I build a global variable at the time of the selection using the three fields the result would be correct(just a guess). I don't know how to do this even to test it.
Any method that works would be appreciated. I'm still a newbie and learning everyday. It seems easy but can't get a handle on it. If my dropdown was two columns (index and text) it works fine but because of the concatenated there is this issue.
My script is:
$("#consigneeBtn").on('click', function() {
varconsignee = document.getElementById('consignee').value;
varconsigneetext= $('#consignee').find(':selected').text();
document.getElementById("consigneename").value = varconsigneetext;
});

I'm attempting to retrieve the selected text for dropdown 'consignee' and putting it in different textbox named 'consigneename'
Thank you

 

[vacunita]

So what you are saying is you want the dash - to not have spaces before and after it?

Well, its hard to pinpoint trh4e issue with your code looking liek that, which by the way is the opposite of concatenation.

Perhaps doing it a little more directly may work:

<?php echo $consignees['consigneename'] . "-" . $consignees['city'] . ", " . $consignees['state'];?>

No need to break in and out of PHP tags so much.

If that does not work, check your variables, as they may be containing the spaces you want to remove.



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[jpadie]

If that does not work, check your variables, as they may be containing the spaces you want to remove.

If so, use trim() around the variables or map the array to do it automatically

array_walk($consignees, 'trim');