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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Integrating with PayPal HTML Forms

Vidit Shah
Vidit Shah
6,037 Points
Posted by Vidit Shah
Vidit Shah
6,037 Points

$_POST html form stage 2

I don't know what is this task asking me to do

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">


        <label for="flavor">Flavor</label>
        <select id="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">

    </form>

</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Julian Aramburu
Julian Aramburu
11,368 Points
Julian Aramburu
Julian Aramburu
11,368 Points

Hi Vidit! In order to see what's inside $_POST when you process your form you need to assign the attribute "name" to your elements. In this case the challenge is asking you to complete the code in order to see what's inside "$_POST['flavor']" and that's why you need to add besides the method="POST" to your FORM element, the name="flavor" attribute to your SELECT element.