Make form submit GET query string rather than POST variables

[Cristiano]

Hi all, is it possible to have a form submit values to the query string rather than sending the POST array? I haven't tried to do this before so am a little confused.

Also, is it possible to have a select box actually change the page when it's selected?

For example:

<SELECT NAME="textsearchfield" CLASS="dropdown"">
<option value='-1'>Search where</option>
<option value='header( Location:index.php?search=allfields)'>All fields</option>
</SELECT>

So when someone changes the select menu from "Search where" to "all fields" it goes to the URL i've shown there...I have seen it before just I am not sure how it was done.

Thanks a lot.
Cristiano

[sysice]

This will submit to index.php with search=allfields or whatever other options you put in the select box.

<FORM action="index.php" method="get">
<SELECT NAME="search" onchange="this.form.submit();" CLASS="dropdown"">
<option value="">Search where</option>
<option value="allfields">All ields</option>
</SELECT>
</FORM>

[Cristiano]

Thanks..

One more question:

With this method, it replaces the query string.

For example if the current url is bla.php?bla1=bla1 and the user chooses search=allfields i want the new url to be bla.php?bla1=bla1&search=allfields rather than bla.php?search=allfields..

Thanks

[sysice]

You could user the variable $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] to preserve the current query string.

<FORM action="index.php?<?=$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']?>" method="get">
<SELECT NAME="search" onchange="this.form.submit();" CLASS="dropdown"">
<option value="">Search where</option>
<option value="allfields">All ields</option>
</SELECT>
</FORM>

Though, I'm not sure if the QUERY_STRING already has the new value in it, in which case you would need to have to do a bit more work.