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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Integrating with PayPal HTML Forms

HOWARD FLORES
HOWARD FLORES
3,066 Points

am stuck in this code challenge

I call my variable like this $flavor=$_POST["flavor"];
and in the select element call the variable like this
<select name="<?php echo $flavor; ?>" id="flavor">
When i check the code its tell me that the value in the name has to be "flavor" am i wrong?

2 Answers

HOWARD FLORES
HOWARD FLORES
3,066 Points

Sorry my error was put the wrong method so

Question 1 The code below contains a simple HTML form. It looks fine in the browser, but it does not send the information to the server. In this code challenge, we’ll make a few modifications so that it will. First, we need the data submitted to a process.php file in the same folder as this form.html. What do we need to add to the HTML? (Hint: we need to add one attribute to an existing HTML element.)

<form action="process.php">

Question 2 Next, we need the flavor selected in the dropdown to be submitted to this process.php file. We need to be able to access it in the β€œflavor” element of the $_POST array, like this: $_POST["flavor"]. What two changes do we need to make to the HTML? (Hint. We need to add two new attributes. The first needs to be added to one existing HTML element, the second needs to be added to a different existing HTML element.)

<form action="process.php" method="post"> //my error was type method="POST" :(
<label for="flavor">Flavor</label>
<select name="flavor" id="flavor">

Now everything is fine!

The name flavor should be in the name attribute not the id

<select name="flavor">
<option value="value_here">option 1</option>
<option value="value_here_2">option 2</option>
</select>