Load url on select, via drop down menu

h0ly lag · 10-02-2008, 05:54 PM

Ok, my title pretty much says it all. I need to create a drop down menu with the titles of the pages I need to load. The pages are being included with a $_GET command and a switch statement. The page inclusion works good. I just need to create the drop down menu and have it load the $_GET requests when their selected. Help please?

I already have something like this:

Code:

<select name=\"page\">
<option value=\"change_auth_level\">Change auth level</option>
<option value=\"email_activation\">Email activation settings</option>
</select>

Wildhoney · 10-02-2008, 06:22 PM

I have coded the following for you. With this HTML code:

html4strict Code:

<body onload="TalkPHP_Dropdown_Select.init();">

    <select name="page" id="page">
        <option>Choose one...</option>
        <option value="auth_level.php">Change auth level</option>
        <option value="email_settings.php">Email activation settings</option>
    </select>

</body>

And the following JavaScript code as well:

javascript Code:

<script type="text/javascript">

    var TalkPHP_Dropdown_Select = 
    {
        init: function() 
        {
            TalkPHP_Dropdown_Select.Address = 'http://www.talkphp.com/';
            TalkPHP_Dropdown_Select.Target = document.getElementById('page');
            TalkPHP_Dropdown_Select.Target.onchange = function()
            {
                TalkPHP_Dropdown_Select.gotoAddress();
            }
        },
        
        gotoAddress: function()
        {
            var pTarget = TalkPHP_Dropdown_Select.Target;
            var szValue = pTarget.options[pTarget.selectedIndex].getAttribute('value');
            
            if (szValue == null)
            {
                return;
            }
            
            location.href = TalkPHP_Dropdown_Select.Address + szValue;
        }
    }

</script>

It should produce something similar to what you're after. I hope it helps!

h0ly lag · 10-03-2008, 05:39 AM

Wow, that worked perfect. Thank you very much!