html - how to compose href based on selection menu

Elena Greg 0
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How to compose web address based on selection menu?

The desired link should be composed of choosen values, for instance, "https://www.Opel_Volvo.com"

In the provided code, I need to change

  action="https://www.lipsum.com"

for a string composed of selected possibilities.

<html>
<body>
<h1>CAR</h1>
<form
  target="_blank"
  action="https://www.lipsum.com"
  method="get"
>

  <label for="car1">Choose a car 1:</label>
  <select id="car1" name="car1">
    <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
    <option value="saab">Saab</option>
    <option value="opel">Opel</option>
    <option value="audi">Audi</option>
  </select><br><br>

  <label for="car2">Choose a car 2:</label>
  <select id="car2" name="car2">
    <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
    <option value="saab">Saab</option>
    <option value="opel">Opel</option>
    <option value="audi">Audi</option>
  </select><br><br>


  <input type='submit' value='OK'>

</form>


</body>
</html>

After advice

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2 Answers

You can use JavaScript to add input event listener to the select elements, and set the action attribute of form accordingly.

let sel1 = document.querySelector("#car1");
let sel2 = document.querySelector("#car2");
let form = document.querySelector("form");

[sel1, sel2].forEach(s =>{
  s.addEventListener("input", ()=>{
    let url = `https://www.${sel1.value}_${sel2.value}.com`;
    form.setAttribute("action", url)
    console.log(form.action)
  })
})
<html>
<body>
<h1>CAR</h1>
<form
  target="_blank"
  action="https://www.lipsum.com"
  method="get"
>

  <label for="car1">Choose a car 1:</label>
  <select id="car1" name="car1">
    <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
    <option value="saab">Saab</option>
    <option value="opel">Opel</option>
    <option value="audi">Audi</option>
  </select><br><br>

  <label for="car2">Choose a car 2:</label>
  <select id="car2" name="car2">
    <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
    <option value="saab">Saab</option>
    <option value="opel">Opel</option>
    <option value="audi">Audi</option>
  </select><br><br>

  <input type='submit' value='OK'>
</form>
</body>
</html>

TechySharnav0

There are several way to achieve this.

You could use Javascript to change the url of the form action. Something like:

<select id="car1" name="car1" onchange="document.forms[0].setAttribute('action','https://'+car1.value+'_'+car2.value+'.com'">
...

Or you could send the form data to a php script which redirects the user to the desired site.

Or you could use redirects in your .htaccess file:

Redirect 303 https://www.lipsum.com?car1=opel&car2=volvo https://www.Opel_Volvo.com
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