| Re: Contact Form [message #175477 is a reply to message #175474] |
Sat, 01 October 2011 13:55  |
Thomas 'PointedEars'
Messages: 701
Registered: October 2010
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John wrote:
^^^^
John who?
> I have this code in my contact form and it doesn't post the
> information when it sends me the email.
Wrong. It posts the information you want it to post: a zero-length string.
> <label for="select-choice"></label>
> <select id="selected" name="selected" class="select" value="test">
The `label' element's `for' attribute value and the `select' element's `id'
attribute value do not match; as a result, your `select' element will not be
triggered when the `label' element receives focus.
"selected" is a poorly chosen name for a `select' element. The name should
indicate the purpose.
A `select' element does not have a `value' attribute; another reason why
your markup is invalid. [The corresponding element *object* has a `value'
*property*, but that is a different thing.]
<http://validator.w3.org/>
> <option value="">General</option>
> <option value="">Service/Support</option>
> <option value="">Estimate/Quote</option>
> </select>
BAD – Broken As Designed. Having a `value' attribute value of "" (zero-
length string) is different from specifying no `value' attribute at all.
Consider this:
<select id="selected" name="selected" class="select" value="test">
<option value="">Please select</option>
<option value="1">General</option>
<option value="2">Service/Support</option>
<option value="3">Estimate/Quote</option>
</select>
For interoperability, you should always specify a `value' attribute for
`option' elements. And as my example indicates, you probably do not want to
post the option *texts* as they will be subject to translation or may be
subject to renaming while your business logic should not.
> Can anyone tell me the Post code for a drop down menu please?
JFTR: The relevance of this to PHP is very close to zero. It is an *HTML*
question, to be asked in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html. And you would
be well-advised to get the basics (HTML, CSS, etc.) right before you try
developing Web applications with PHP.
PointedEars
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var bugRiddenCrashPronePieceOfJunk = (
navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5') != -1
&& navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1
) // Plone, register_function.js:16
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