Subject: SELECT input not working

I have a form input that is a SELECT type defined as follows:

$form->AddInput( array(
"TYPE" => "select",
"NAME" => "EngCatID",
"ID" => "EngCatID",
"VALUE" => $SecRequest->EngCatID,
"OPTIONS" => array( "1" => "DESIGN", "2" => "ENTERPRISE", "3" => "LAB" ),
"ValidateAsNotEmpty" => 1,
"DiscardInvalidValues" => 1,
"ValidationErrorMessage" => "Not a valid Engineering Category value",
"LABEL" => "<u>E</u>ngineering Category",
"ACCESSKEY" => "E"
));

The form is displaying fine intially - this input has the correct value showing for the existing information. But when the form is submitted, I cannot get the value for this input. The following code fragment:

/*
* Load form input values eventually from the submitted form.
*/
$form->LoadInputValues( $form->WasSubmitted() );

# ... Empty the array that will list the values with invalid field after validation
$verify = array();

# ... Check if the global array variable corresponding to hidden input field is defined, meaning that the form was submitted as opposed to being displayed for the first time
writeDevLogEntry( "reqform_gen2.php => ".$form->WasSubmitted() );
if ($form->WasSubmitted( "Action" )) {

# ... Therefore we need to validate the submitted form values
if(($error_message = $form->Validate( $verify )) == "") {

# ... It's valid, set the flag to tell the form it is ready to be processed
print "EngCatID submitted value is ".$form->GetInputValue( "EngCatID" )."<br>\n";
getFormContents();
$doit = 1;

}

The call to GetInputValue with "EngCatID" returns with "EngCatID submitted value is EngCatID: it was not specified a valid input". If I use phpinfo() to see what is being POSTED from the form, $_POST['EngCatID'] has the value I expect.

I have another SELECT on the form that works right, but this (and others very similar to it) all don't work the same. What, probably basic, concept am I missing?

Hope I provided enough details to see what others might be able to offer as guidance.

That means that for some reason the AddInput call for that select did not succeed. You may want to check its return value, but I suspect that it fails because you are not passing a valid VALUE parameter.

I'll try that (though the form displays fine, without error messages) and only has an issue when I try to see the submission results. The field is showing the correct value for the field upon initial loading.

Now, I think I may have found the issue - if I change the options from numeric indices to character indices, the input is fine following submission.

So when I change the OPTIONS entry to
"OPTIONS" => array( "A" => "DESIGN", "B" => "ENTERPRISE", "C" => "LAB" ),

when the form is submitted I'm able to get the submitted value of "A", "B", or "C". But it won't give me a numeric like value (e.g. "1", "2", or "3").

Thanks - you were right -- I wasn't checking the AddInput return value (assuming that if the form displayed without issues, the call must be fine). When I check the return code, though, it tells me it has a problem with the input. I'll debug that a bit more.

My bad for "assuming" and not checking return values. I think this plus my OPTIONS entry item I also discovered is probably going to get me working again.

BTW, this is a mighty fine class - powerful, very powerful. Thanks for authoring it.