Question

I’m trying to build a custom search form using PHP and I’m looking for a way to append a parameter to the end of the URL (based on a selection from a selection box), upon form submission.

Say I have a selection box with these values:
Red Blue Green

If I choose ‘Blue’ and submit the form, I want the URL to be:

http://customsearch.com/result/?Blue

Thank you for any help

Answer 1

You could (1) rewrite the submission URL dynamically from the form entries using JavaScript (as suggested by @roselan above), (2) implement rewrite rules (in .htaccess, for example) or (3) process the form field entries (via POST) on the submission page and use a simple URL redirect like this:

/** This is the script the form submits to **/

// Assuming a single dropdown field, set the values of the options to match
// whatever you want sent in the URL, and then submit them via POST.
//
// For a value of "Blue" in the form field where "name='dropdown_name'", the
// following will redirect to:
//   http://customsearch.com/result/?Blue
header( "Location: http://customsearch.com/result/?" . $_POST['dropdown_name'] );