Question

i have a select box with these values:

<form action="ampcontrols.php" method="post" name="amp">
<select name="amp">
<option value="Fender '57 Deluxe","103">Fender '57 Deluxe</option>
<option value="Fender '59 Bassman","100">Fender '59 Bassman</option>
<option value="Fender '57 Champ","124">Fender '57 Champ</option>
<option value="Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb","83">Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb</option>
<option value="Fender '65 Princeton","106">Fender '65 Princeton</option>
<option value="Fender '65 Twin Reverb","117">Fender '65 Twin Reverb</option>
<option value="Fender Super-Sonic(Burn)","114">Fender Super-Sonic(Burn)</option>
<option value="British '60s","97">British '60s</option>
<option value="British '70s","121">British '70s</option>
<option value="British '80s","94">British '80s</option>
<option value="American '90","93">American '90s</option>
<option value="Metal 2000","109">Metal 2000</option>
</select>
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

I would like to be able to get 2 values and use them independantly. This is a single select box not multiple.
I can echo the selected name ie Fender ’57 Deluxe for an HTML tag no problem, but also need to pass it’s corresponding number to be inserted into an xml file seperately. i.e. Select Fender ’57 Deluxe as heading and 103 as id for xml.
I’ve tried with MySQL, XML but can only pass one value at a time!! I’m probably missing something simple.
Cheers

Answer 1

Your HTML is not valid.

To put multiple values on a single option you can use an array or an object

Example of using an array

<select name="amp">
    <option value='["Fender &apos;57 Deluxe","103"]'>Fender '57 Deluxe</option>
</select>

PHP Code

<?php
$amp = json_decode($_POST['amp']);
$amp[0] // Fender '57
$amp[1] // 103
?>