Change script by using dropdown

[TKO]

hello,
im tyring to change script from another page. i would like to change (a > true) to false and back if need be.
As a dropdown or radio selection, maybe using variables but everything i have tried i have no luck.

<?php
if (a > true ) print "a is true";
else include("test.php");

?>

thank you .

[phorce]

Hey, I think I get what you mean:

Let's say your radio button had the name of "option" and a value of either true/false

<?php

  $a = $_POST['option']; // this will either store true/false
  if($a)
  {
     echo 'a is true';
     //print ("A is true");
  }else{
    include ('test.php');
  }
?>

Hopefully this makes sense :)

Also, a note to when using the operator ">" this implies you mean more-than, but, boolean cannot be more than true.. It can simply be true or false (1 or 0).

[TKO]

Thanks for the reply,
so i tried this with no luck

page1.php

<FORM name ="form1" method ="post" action ="test2.php">

<Input type = 'Radio' Name ='option' value= 'true'
>ON
<Input type = 'Radio' Name ='option' value= 'false'
>OFF

<P>
<Input type = "Submit" Name = "Submit1" VALUE = "Select a Radio Button">
</FORM>

test2.php

<?php

  $a = $_POST['option']; // this will either store true/false
  if($a)
  {
     echo 'a is true';
     //print ("A is true");
  }else{
    include ('test.php');
  }
?>

[phorce]

try:

  <form method="post" action="test2.php">
    <input type="radio" name="option" value="TRUE">True</option>
    <input tpe="radio" name="option" value="FALSE">False</option>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go!">

[TKO]

if i pick either true or false it show (a is true), then on refresh it includes test.php...
thanks

[phorce]

Is this solved now?

[TKO]

not yet

[phorce]

Ok - Can you tell us what else needs to be done? I'm confused!

[Javvy]

probably the $_POST['option'] comes back as a string.
change line 4 to

if (strcasecmp($a, "true")==0)

or simply echo $a and see what's the value and recreate the if-else statement.

[TKO]

ya sry
so this works untill i refresh the page, once refresh it like resets back to include ('test.php')

page1.php

<form method="post" action="page2.php">
<input type="radio" name="option" value="true">true</option>
<input type="radio" name="option" value="false">false</option>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go!">

page2.php

<?php

  $a =  $_POST['option']; // this will either store true/false
  if($a)
  {
     echo 'a is true';
     //print ("A is true");
  }else{
    include ('test.php');
  }
?>

so what i am tring to get is if option true is selected to only show A is true.
but when false is selected include ('test.php').

hope this makes sense :)

thanks

[TKO]

on this same script can one change the variable to = content of a differant page ?
so i would write true or false to index.php
$a = $_POST['option']
with
$a = index.php

<?php

  $a =  $_POST['option']; // this will either store true/false
  if($a)
  {
     echo 'a is true';
     //print ("A is true");
  }else{
    include ('test.php');
  }
?>

thanks so much guys for your help.

[phorce]

I don't get what you mean..

You can't set $a = index.php and expect true or false, only if it's a weird function and it's returning either true/false.. So I think you mean:

<?php

  $a = (bool) $_POST['option']; // this will either store true/false
  if($a)
  {
     $a = "index.php";
     // redirect OR include $a
  }else{
    include ('test.php');
  }
?>

[TKO]

phorce thanks for that,
still once i refresh the script resets its self.
maybe i need to store/save $_POST['option'] so it will not go back.
maybe in session or something.. im not really sure
thanks

[phorce]

I don't get what you mean by 'resets' itself. Do you want it to remember what the option was so when the user re-visits the page, it will remember what the option was? If so, do this:

<?php
    ob_start();
    session_start();

    if(!isset($_SESSION['option']))
    {
        $a = (bool) $_POST['option'];
    }else{
        $a = $_SESSION['option'];
    }

    if($a)
    {
        $a = "index.php";
        // redirect OR include $a
        $_SESSION['option'] = true;
    }else{
      include ('test.php');
      $_SESSION['option'] = false;
    }


?>

[TKO]

thanks phorce
almost now with that script, the session seems to stay and will not include test.php at all.

all i am tryin to do is have one page have an on / off, button/radio/dropdown
then second page show test.php when its on and nothing when its off.

[phorce]

I don't get what you mean. Ok, so, the form SHOULD display everytime the user visits this webpage? If that's the case, I don't know exactly why we're storing the value as a session. Could you give me an example of how you want the form, maybe I could create it for you? Just a suggestion. Write our your specifications etc..

[TKO]

cool thanks
so basically im tring
to have 2 files.
page1.php should have my form
page2.php should show test.php unless page1.php is selected to off or false.

thanks so much for your help.

[phorce]

Sorry for late reply.

This is working perfectly fine for me:

<?php

    $option = (bool) $_POST['option'];

    if(!isset($option))
    {
        echo 'You have not submitted an option';
    }

    switch($option)
    {
        case 1:
        // re-direct to link 1;
            $new_link = "index.php";

        break;

        case 2: 
        // re-direct to link 2:
            $new_link = "test.php";
            include($new_link);
        break;

        default:
            echo 'Invalid option';
        break;
    }


?>

Or alternatively, try this (all one file):

<?php

    if(!isset($_POST['submitted']))
    {
        // form hasn't been submitted
        echo '
        <form method="post">
        <input type="radio" name="option" value="TRUE">True</option>
        <input tpe="radio" name="option" value="FALSE">False</option>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go!">
        <input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE">
        ';

    }else{

      switch($option)
      {
            case 1:
                // re-direct to link 1;
                $new_link = "index.php";

            break;

            case 2: 
            // re-direct to link 2:
                $new_link = "test.php";
                include($new_link);
            break;

            default:
                echo 'Invalid option';
            break;
        }
    }


?>

I realised SESSIONS were a bad idea since we were recoding the data, so, it would always remember it!

[TKO]

hmm weird man all i get is Invalid option on both true and false and test.php never shows up.

[phorce]

Sign :(!

Try this, change your form values so it has 0 or 1. 0 = false, 1 = true

<?php


    $option = $_POST['option'];

    if(!isset($option))
    {
        echo 'You have not submitted an option';
    }

    switch($option)
    {
        case 0:
            // FALSE
            echo 'This is false';

        break;

        case 1:
             // TRUE
             // re-direct to link 1;
            $new_link = "index.php";
            echo 'This is true';
        break;

        default:
            echo 'Invalid option';
        break;
    }


?>

E.g.

<form method="post">
        <input type="radio" name="option" value="1">True</option>
        <input tpe="radio" name="option" value="0">False</option>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go!">

Hopefully this will work, let me know!