Question

Here’s the html structure:

<select name="marke" class="marke">
<option value="1">Bosch</option></select>

<select name="modell" class="modell">
<option value="2">Nocria 14 LBC</option></select>

Here is my Php string (simplified)

$modellz = $_POST['marke']. ' ' .$_POST['modell'];
$insertQuery = "INSERT INTO producz (model)
VALUES
('" . $modellz . "')";

Im trying to get the name inside the <option> – tag to Post into the database.
But with this code I just get the values.
So when i run this i get 1 2 in the database.

But I want Bosch Nocria 14 LBC

OBS: I NEED THE VALUE attribute for my jquery selection script.

Please help!

Answer 1

The issue is with the HTML. The value for each <option> tag is what’s sent in the POST request.

Change the HTML to:

<select name="marke" class="marke">
<option value="Bosch">Bosch</option></select>

<select name="modell" class="modell">
<option value="Nocria 14 LBC">Nocria 14 LBC</option></select>

and you will see the results you desire.

Also, please validate/sanitize your form-input before saving into the database. If you’re using mysql functions, try mysql_real_escape_string().

If jQuery needs access to the original ID for each option, I would suggest one of two methods. Either add a separate attribute to each option, such as rel: <option value="Bosch" rel="1">Bosch</option>, or keep your code as-is (<option value="1">Bosch</option>) and have PHP aware of the ID/value combinations.

The actual database-structure could, and possibly should, modified to support the actual IDs instead of textual values.