That will work, assuming the user is not allowed to purchase multiple
items...
-John
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Ralph Guzman wrote:
> Might want to reconsider the way you are doing this, since this may not be
> the most efficient way. An alternative might be to do this as follows:
>
> In your web form set a field for Quantity and another for Item Name, so for
> example:
>
> <FORM ACTION="script_name.php" METHOD="post">
>
> ...
>
> Quantity: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="item_qty" SIZE="2">
>
> <SELECT NAME="item_type">
> <OPTION VALUE="DVD">DVD</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="VIDEO">VIDEO</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="CD">CD</OPTION>
> </SELECT>
>
> ...
>
> </FORM>
>
> then when you process the form all you would have to do to display your
> thank you message:
>
> print "You have asked to purchase $item_qty $item_type. Thank You";
>
> Nevertheless, if for some reason you must do things like you are doing them
> now, try something like this:
>
> if(isset($dvd)){
> $item_type = "DVD(s)";
> $item_qty = "$dvd";
> }
>
> if(isset($video)){
> $item_type = "VIDEO(s)";
> $item_qty = "$video";
> }
>
> if(isset($cd)){
> $item_type = "CD(s)";
> $item_qty = "$cd";
> }
>
> print "You have asked to purchase $item_qty $item_name";
>
> Keep in mind that this is not the most efficient method since it will
> require that you continue adding if(isset($variable)) statements, if you
> ever decide to add more item types.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tarrant Costelloe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:13 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [PHP] Shopping with variables
>
> I am currently just messing around with a basic shopping cart, but have
> stumbled onto a problem.
> Bascially there is three input boxes all <name> DVD, VIDEO, CD and these are
> also variables. Once the user has said they wanted "15" cd's for example,
> the form then takes them onto the shop.php. Which say's something along the
> lines of:
>
> ?php print(" You have asked to purchase $dvd $video $cd 's - Thank you") >?
>
> This prints out, "You have bought 16 - Thank you" for example, see the
> problem? How do I get it to print the variable name not just it's value?
>
> Tarrant Costelloe
> Software Developer
> InsurE-com Ltd.
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