Values from select

coron3r

Hey,

I am having literally a brain storm as I am unable to resolve my issue.

I have a classical select box, e.g.:

<select name=\"gal\" id=\"frm-gal\">
<option value=\"1\">1</option>
<option value=\"2\">2</option>
<option value=\"3\">3</option>
</select>

and i need to pass the values threw scriptData and here is the problem.

'scriptData': {'PHPSESSID': '<?php echo session_id();?>', 'id_menu': THEISSUE},

I can pass the value by using the uploadifySettings method and change(), e.g.

$(\"#frm-gal\").change(function() {
 var idGal = $(\"#frm-gal option:selected\").val();
#(‘#frm-file’).uploadifySettings('scriptData', {'PHPSESSID': '<?php echo session_id();?>', 'id_menu': idGal});

});

Nevertheless, the problem is when the user doesn't select an option and just leaves the Option 1 and doesn't trigger the change function. How to pass the value from the first option if there is no action??

Thanks for you advices!

TravisN.

The obvious answer would be just to do

'scriptData': {'PHPSESSID': '<?php echo session_id();?>', 'id_menu': '1'},

but for transportable code add the 'selected' statement to your html option

select name=\"gal\" id=\"frm-gal\">
<option value=\"1\" SELECTED>1</option>
<option value=\"2\">2</option>
<option value=\"3\">3</option>
</select>

and then in uploadify

'scriptData': {'PHPSESSID': '<?php echo session_id();?>', 'id_menu': $('#frm-gal').val()},

if you don't add 'SELECTED' to your html then $('#id').val() will find NULL. You may not know this but, when the html renders a html select list i doesn't actually have the first item selected, although it is the one visible. Always add 'SELECTED' to the option you want as the default even when not using uploadify.

coron3r

Thank you, I don't know what I was doing wrong but now it is ok.

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