How to get the value of Select without using submit(either post or get)

Asked Feb 06 '17 at 13:41

Active Feb 06 '17 at 14:47

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<select name="sort-posts" id="sortbox" name="sortbox">
    <option value="" disabled>Sort by</option>
    <?php
        $categories = get_categories(['exclude' => 1]);
        foreach ($categories as $category) {
            echo "<option>$category->name </option>";
        }
    ?>
    <option>Newest</option>
    <option>Oldest</option>
    <option>Title Asc</option>
    <option>Title Desc</option>
</select>

And I want to get the value of the selected option without redirecting or using form, for me to use it in function.

How can I do that?

edited Feb 06 '17 at 14:47

MikO

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asked Feb 06 '17 at 13:41

Richard Mark Bonifacio

You will have to use javascript. php is a server side programming language and does not know what the visitor is doing on your website. – Jerodev Feb 06 '17 at 13:44
sadly that wont work cause im using javascript in a function – Richard Mark Bonifacio Feb 06 '17 at 13:46
var result = ""; document.getElementById('playlist').innerHTML = result; initAudio($('#playlist li:first')); – Richard Mark Bonifacio Feb 06 '17 at 13:46
exactly this code – Richard Mark Bonifacio Feb 06 '17 at 13:46
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Check this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15153595/getting-the-option-value-without-submitting-a-form. – user123 Feb 06 '17 at 13:50
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use javascript , if you need to manipulate data on the server use AJAX solutions. – Amin Feb 06 '17 at 13:51
"sadly that wont work cause im using javascript in a function" - What do you mean? Do you want to "get" the value for the browser or the server? If server side, there is no way for PHP to reach into a page and grab a value. You'll need to use Javascript in the browser and AJAX to post it to a PHP script. – samiles Feb 06 '17 at 14:35

How to get the value of Select without using submit(either post or get)

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