POST to different page depending on SELECTvalue?

Question

I have a form, depending on the selected value of my <select> box I would like to send to a different page.

I do not know the best way to do this, but I am thinking that maybe the best way is to have an intermediate page to always post to, then have the intermediate page check the value sent from the <select> box and forward the POST values to a different page depending on what it is. If this is the best way, how can I do that? If not, what is the best way?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

THat's a good way. The alternative is to use Javascript to intercept the click, rewrite the action property of the form and submit() it.

For your PHP though:

First page:

<form action="intermediary.php" method="post">
  <input id="submitTo">
    <select value="1">goToFirstPage</select>
    <select value="2">goToSecondPage</select>
  </input>
</form>

Second page:

<?php
  $url = "";
  if($_POST["submitTo"] == "1") $url = "http://mysite.com/firstPage.php";


 if($_POST["submitTo"] == "2") $url = "http://mysite.com/secondPage.php";

 header ("Location: $url");    
?>

Don't put actual URLs in your first page, or you'll run into massive security issues.