Getting the HTML display and not value in PHP

Question

I have these lines of code.

<select id="select12" name="package">
    <option value="0.00">(Select a Package)</option>
    <option value="149.00">PACKAGE A</option>
    <option value="223.00">PACKAGE B</option>
    <option value="273.00">PACKAGE C</option>
</select>

I want to get the "Package A/B/C" and its value. For example if the user selects the Package A. The output is Package A - $149.00. How will I do that? This is the code I have so far in achieving that getting the HTML, but it is no luck.

$package = $_POST['package'];

$email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";

    function clean_string($string) {

        $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");

        return str_replace($bad,"",$string);

    }
 $email_message .= "Selected Package: ".clean_string($package)."\n";

Have a read of [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11926913/2518525) — Darren, Feb 02 '15 at 06:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:55

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Try this:

$_POST['package'] will give you value (e.g. 149, 223 etc) and add a hidden textbox and assign select text (e.g. Package A etc) by doing: $( "#select12 option:selected" ).text(); and send that data.

See, if that helps.

answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:55

Gaurav Dave

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Visit: http://learn.jquery.com/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-get-the-text-value-of-a-selected-option/ – Gaurav Dave Feb 02 '15 at 06:56

Muhammad Bilal · Answer 2 · 2015-02-02T06:58:13.153

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The most simplest thing that you can do is:

<select id="select12" name="package">
    <option value="0.00">(Select a Package)</option>
    <option value="PACKAGE A - $149.00">PACKAGE A</option>
    <option value="PACKAGE B - $223.00">PACKAGE B</option>
    <option value="PACKAGE C - $273.00">PACKAGE C</option>
</select>

UPDATE:

For integer value you can use:

preg_match('!\d.+!', $package, $matches);
print_r($matches[0]);

edited Feb 02 '15 at 06:58

answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:51

Muhammad Bilal

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I used the numerical values to add to other parts of the code, so I wouldn't want t do that... – Jennifer Feb 02 '15 at 06:54
@Darren because it will return an empty space and a `$` sign with the numerical part. then we will need to trim it. So its better we use `preg_match` – Muhammad Bilal Feb 02 '15 at 07:09

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:55

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How about simply modify your form like this :

<select id="select12" name="package">
    <option value="0.00">(Select a Package)</option>
    <option value="PACKAGE A - $149.00">PACKAGE A</option>
    <option value="PACKAGE B - $223.00">PACKAGE B</option>
    <option value="PACKAGE C - $273.00">PACKAGE C</option>
</select>

answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:55

yogipriyo

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Did you just copy-paste the other answer or what? – Darren Feb 02 '15 at 06:55
Why I should do that. We simply post it at near same time. Just look at how close the time is. – yogipriyo Feb 02 '15 at 06:57

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 03 '15 at 10:37

<script src="jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
       $('#select12').change(function(){
            var this_val=$(this).val();
            if(this_val!='0.00')
            {
                var this_html=$( "#select12 option:selected" ).text();
                $('#result').html(this_html+' - $'+this_val);
            }
       });
    });
</script>


<select id="select12" name="package">
    <option value="0.00">(Select a Package)</option>
    <option value="149.00">PACKAGE A</option>
    <option value="223.00">PACKAGE B</option>
    <option value="273.00">PACKAGE C</option>
</select>

<div id="result"></div>

Getting the HTML display and not value in PHP

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