Populating a form field from a drop down

[munkynpunky]

Hey,

Ok, i put this in php by mistake...

can anyone help please?

Hey guys,

I'm trying to use one drop down menu - and select an item, once selected shows the cost up instantly in a form field nest to the drop down..

There are maximum of 5 items, each with 5 different prices.

i dont know if this is the right forum, but im writting in php, so thought id try here first

Thanks for your help

This isn't php... it's javascript.
The trick here is making the php output the right javascript code. Depending on the complexity of your php, and how much of the html it generates, it could be easy or hard. Hopefully, it's not too hard.

Anyway, for the javascript code itself...

<select onChange="result.value=this.value">
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
</select>
<input type="text" id="result">

Note: You might want to set an initial value in the textfield that matches the pre-selected option in the dropdown.

[munkynpunky]

Hmmm ok, right, well its basically

year one = 3.25
year two = 6.50
year three = 9.75

and if i select year one i want to see 3.25 in a different readonly box next to the year selection...

[djr33]

Well, just change the values. Simple as that.

If you wanted to do math, you can do that in JS as well.


As for readonly... I'm not sure what the code is for that.

I just tried:
<input type="text" id="result" readonly>
And that worked, though I'm not sure if that's the "official" way to do it. Easy, though

[munkynpunky]

Well, just change the values. Simple as that.

If you wanted to do math, you can do that in JS as well.


As for readonly... I'm not sure what the code is for that.

I just tried:
<input type="text" id="result" readonly>
And that worked, though I'm not sure if that's the "official" way to do it. Easy, though

Oh ok, so do i not need any code..
sorry for the stupid questions but i dont know javascript very well at all..

What i need is

the user selects eg. 1 year - 3.25
then in a second drop down selects : item 1 - 25.00

then i want a field that adds Drop down one + drop down two,
and displays the result - 28.25

[munkynpunky]

hmm, ok, yeah just sorted that, thank you

if ( $item == "item1, item2" ){ 

i tried

if ( $item == "item1", "item2" ){ 

and

if ( $item == "item1" OR "item2" ){ 

now, this doesnt work, what i want is if item is item1 or item2 then do this:
xxxx

[blm126]

if($item == 'item1' || $item == 'item2'){
//Do stuff here
} 

[djr33]

Do you mean to be using php now?
Or is this still a javascript operation?

[munkynpunky]

excellent, all working now thank you!

now im having a problem passing info via a mail.php

i have an ordering page, --> mail.php --> payment page.

the info goes to the mail.php page but not to the payment page.. can anyone help?

[blm126]

You can probably rig up a redirect, or some hidden fields(remeber to revalidate), but first I need to know what variable you want sent to mail.php

[mwinter]

As for readonly... I'm not sure what the code is for that.

I just tried:
<input type="text" id="result" readonly>
And that worked, though I'm not sure if that's the "official" way to do it. Easy, though

Why didn't you look at the HTML specification? Read-only controls

Mike