Question

I’m trying to pass two variables (a search query (String) and a column name (also a String)) via a HTML form. The first string is entered into a text box and the second is selected from a drop-down menu.

Obviously this method doesn’t work:

<h3>Search for a Customer</h3>
<form action="search.php" method="get">
    <input type="text" id="sString">
    <select name="sField">
        <option value="Name">Name</option>
        <option value="HostID">Host ID</option>
        <option value="OrderNumber">Order Number</option>
        <option value="Theme">Theme</option>
    </select>
    <input type="submit" value="submit"/>
</form>

Answer 1

You need to give your <input> field a name in order for this to work. Unnamed inputs won’t get passed through the form post.