Sending url parameter from form

[petenaylor]

Hi all

 

I am working on a filter system that when a user selects a drop down menu item it automatically updates the page taking the value from the form and sending it through the URL parameter to update the page accordingly:

 

<form id="category_filter" name="category_filter" method="post" action="">

        <label for="category_filter"></label>

        <select name="category_filter" id="category_filter" style="width: 160px" onchange="this.form.submit();" >

        <option value="" selected class="meter-calc-text">Category</option>

          <?php

 

$fetchcategories=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `categories` ORDER BY position ASC");

 

while($returnedcategories=mysql_fetch_array($fetchcategories)) {

 

echo "<option value=\"".$returnedcategories['name']."\" >".$returnedcategories['name']."</option>";

 

}

 

?>

        </select>

      </form>

 

The only thing is, it doesn't pass the value to the url, it remains blank

 

Many thanks for your help.

 

Pete

 

[requinix]

Change your form to use method="get".