php dropdown lists with if statements or switch

asiddle423

hi can anyone help me with my php email form, it is to change the email address when selected from a dropdown menu

to view what i have been testing go onto http://www.jarcodesigns.co.uk/contactform.php

currently i have this code

//from line 139
if ($_POST['Submit'])
{
//set variables
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

//if-else statements
if ($department[$key] == 1)
{
$emailaddress = 'xxxx1@jarcodesigns.co.uk';
}
else if ($department[$key] == 2)
{
$emailaddress = 'xxxx2@jarcodesigns.co.uk';
}
else if ($department[$key] == 3)
{
$emailaddress = 'xxxx3@jarcodesigns.co.uk';
}
else if ($department[$key] == 4)
{
$emailaddress = 'xxxx4@jarcodesigns.co.uk';
}
else if ($department[$key] == 5)
{
$emailaddress = 'xxxx5@jarcodesigns.co.uk';
}

$subject = "Contact JARCO";
mail($emailaddress, $subject,"Senders Name: $name <p>Senders Mail: $email </p><p>Their Ip: $ip </p><p>Their Message: $message</p>");

echo $emailaddress;
}
else
{
?>

//this then goes through my form layout and reachs my array code
//line 193
<?
$department = array(
1 => "Web Design (Ryan Norton)",
2 => "Multimedia (Joe Groves)",
3 => "Photography (Oliver Brayford)",
4 =>"Scripting (Andrew Siddle)",
5 => "Logo Design (Andrew Figg)",
);
$department = str_replace(" ", " ", $department);

echo '<select name=department>';
foreach($department as $key => $value)
{
echo '<option value='.$value.'> '.$value.'';
}
echo '</select>';
?>

//then the rest is the layout and submitting part of the form

thanks asiddle423

SirDuncan

hi,

the easier solution is put the emails into the select in the html form:

Department:
<select name="department">
<option value="x1@jarcodesigns.co.uk">Web Design (Ryan Norton)</option>
<option value="x2@jarcodesigns.co.uk">Multimedia (Joe Groves)</option>
<option value="x3@jarcodesigns.co.uk">Photography (Oliver Brayford)</option>
<option value="x4@jarcodesigns.co.uk">Scripting (Andrew Siddle)</option>
<option value="x5@jarcodesigns.co.uk">Logo Design (Andrew Figg)</option>
</select>

and in the php side read it directly : $email = $_REQUEST['department']

but if you don't want the visitors to see the emails in the html code, you may use a switch sentence instead
if.

Smile

asiddle423

i have sorted out the code i just needed to set the name of the option to equal the $key out of the array

eg.
ORIGINAL CODE
echo '<select name=department>';
foreach($department as $key => $value)
{
echo '<option value='.$value.'> '.$value.'';
}
echo '</select>';
?>

NEW CODE
echo '<select name=department>';
foreach($department as $key => $value)
{
echo '<option value='.$key.'> '.$value.''; //changes on this line
}
echo '</select>';
?>