I'm a beginner in PHP. now, I want to set sending emails. but unfortunetely, some field I use "ID" and will display "Name". Ex:
<div class="form-group">
<label for="contact_departement_id"><?php echo $lang['contact_departement_id'] ?></label>
<select class="form-control" name="contact_departement_id" id="contact_departement_id">
<option value="x"><?php echo $lang['chooseone'] ?></option>
<?php foreach($listDepartement['datas'] as $departement): ?>
<option
<?php
echo ($state == 'edit') && ($departement->departement_id == $datas->contact_departement_id) ? 'selected="selected"': '';
?>
value="<?php echo $departement->departement_id ?>">
<?php echo $departement->departement_name ?>
</option>
<?php endforeach ?>
</select>
</div>
and I set in emails
$contact_name = $_POST['contact_name'];
$contact_ext = $_POST['contact_ext'];
$contact_direktorat_id = $_POST['contact_direktorat_id'];
$contact_departement_id = $_POST['contact_departement_id'];
$contact_lokasi_id = $_POST['contact_lokasi_id'];
//$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable encryption, 'ssl' also accepted
$message = file_get_contents('mail.html');
$message = str_replace('%contact_name%', $contact_name, $message);
$message = str_replace('%contact_ext%', $contact_ext, $message);
$message = str_replace('%contact_direktorat_id%', $contact_direktorat_id, $message);
$message = str_replace('%contact_departement_id%', $contact_departement_id, $message);
$message = str_replace('%contact_lokasi_id%', $contact_lokasi_id, $message);
Output:
Dear All,
New Extention has been added. Here are details:
Contact Name: test
Ext: 123
Directorate: 2
Department: 2
Location: 4
I need some guidance how to display "Name" not "ID"
The form submits whatever is in the option element's value attribute, not the tag's content. You need to provide a mapping for your names, like:
$departments = [
'1' => 'Sales',
'2' => 'Support',
'3' => 'Accounts',
];
You should validate the submitted values before using them (because clients may submit junk, hacking attempts etc), and then map them through the array, something like:
if (!array_key_exists($_POST['contact_direktorat_id'], $departments)) {
$contact_direktorat_name = $departments[$_POST['contact_direktorat_id']];
} else {
$contact_direktorat_name = 'Unknown';
}
Repeat this with however many of these you need, define as many arrays as you need, or perhaps look up the values in a database to validate them instead of using arrays (though be sure not to open yourself to SQL injection attacks) - you get the general idea.