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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Integrating with PayPal HTML Forms

Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points
Posted by Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

Finally, we need the form to submit a unique identifier for the order to the process.php file. We need to be able to acc

I need help with this to thanks!

form.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe</title>
</head>
<body>

    <p>Your order has been created. What flavor of ice cream would you like to add to it?</p>

<form action="process.php" method="post"> /* post needs to be lower case, not sure if this is necessary but task won't pass without it being lowercase */  
    <label for="flavor">Flavor</label> /* No need for the $_POST here */
    <select id="flavor" name="flavor">
        <option value=''>&#8212; Select &#8212;</option> /* Value is intentionally empty for this as this is a helper instruction */
         <option value="Vanilla">Vanilla</option>
        <option value="Chocolate">Chocolate</option>
        <option value="Strawberry">Strawberry</option>
        <option value="Cookie Dough">Cookie Dough</option>
    </select>

    <input type="submit" value="Update Order">

</form>

</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Simon,

You need to create a hidden field that will store the order_id

 <input type='hidden' name='order_id' value='7546'/>
Mike Sherratt
Mike Sherratt
4,592 Points
Mike Sherratt
Mike Sherratt
4,592 Points

I use this ```

<html> <head> <title>Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe</title> </head> <body>

<p>Your order has been created. What flavor of ice cream would you like to add to it?</p>

<form method="post" action="process.php">

    <label for="flavor">Flavor</label>
    <select id="flavor" name="flavor">
        <option value="">&#8212; Select &#8212;</option>
        <option value="Vanilla">Vanilla</option>
        <option value="Chocolate">Chocolate</option>
        <option value="Strawberry">Strawberry</option>
        <option value="Cookie Dough">Cookie Dough</option>
    </select>

    <input type="submit" value="Update Order">
   <input type='hidden' name='order_id' value='7546'/>

</form>

</body> </html>

This worked for me!
Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points
Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

Task:

Finally, we need the form to submit a unique identifier for the order to the process.php file. We need to be able to access that value in an order_id element of the $_POST array, like this: $_POST["order_id"]. For this particular order, the order ID should be 7546. We don’t want this value displayed in the browser. What do we need to add to the form? (Hint: We need to add a new HTML element with three attributes.)