I have a webpage that contains a dropdownlist and some textfiedls, what I want to do is to check the lecturer name from the dropdown list as we can see in the image below
and store in the data from the rest of the form in the database table which the lecture name is the same with the table name. My php code is the below
<?php
define('DB_NAME','mydb');
define('DB_USER','root');
define('DB_PASSWORD','');
define('DB_HOST','localhost');
$connect = mysql_connect(DB_HOST,DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD);
if(!$connect){
die('Could not connect:'.mysql_error());
}
$db_selected=mysql_select_db(DB_NAME,$connect);
if(!$db_selected){
die('Can\'t use'.DB_NAME.':'.mysql_error());
}
$dim = $_POST['dim'];
$lag = $_POST['lag'];
$stam = $_POST['stam'];
$keh = $_POST['keh'];
$chry = $_POST['chry'];
if(HERE I WANT TO CHECK THAT IF THE LECTURER NAME IS EQUAL TO DIMOPOULOS THEN DO THE BELOW)
{
$value1=$_POST['a1'];
$value2=$_POST['a2'];
$value3=$_POST['a3'];
$value4=$_POST['l1'];
$value5=$_POST['l2'];
$value6=$_POST['r1'];
$value7=$_POST['r2'];
$value8=$_POST['u1'];
$value9=$_POST['u2'];
$value10=$_POST['u3'];
$value11=$_POST['unit_name'];
$value12=$_POST['year'];
$sql="INSERT INTO dimopoulos(a1,a2,a3,l1,l2,r1,r2,u1,u2,u3,unit_name,year) VALUES('$value1','$value2','$value3','$value4','$value5','$value6','$value7','$value8','$value9','$value10','$value11','$value12')";
if(!mysql_query($sql)){
die('Error:'.mysql_error());
}
}
elseif(HERE I WANT TO CHECK THAT IF THE LECTURER IS EQUAL TO LAGKAS THEN DO THE BELOW)
{
$value1=$_POST['a1'];
$value2=$_POST['a2'];
$value3=$_POST['a3'];
$value4=$_POST['l1'];
$value5=$_POST['l2'];
$value6=$_POST['r1'];
$value7=$_POST['r2'];
$value8=$_POST['u1'];
$value9=$_POST['u2'];
$value10=$_POST['u3'];
$value11=$_POST['unit_name'];
$value12=$_POST['year'];
$sql="INSERT INTO lagkas(a1,a2,a3,l1,l2,r1,r2,u1,u2,u3,unit_name,year) VALUES('$value1','$value2','$value3','$value4','$value5','$value6','$value7','$value8','$value9','$value10','$value11','$value12')";
if(!mysql_query($sql)){
die('Error:'.mysql_error());
}
}
elseif(HERE I WANT TO CHECK THAT IF THE LECTURER IS EQUAL TO STAMATOPOULOU THEN DO THE BELOW)
{
$value1=$_POST['a1'];
$value2=$_POST['a2'];
$value3=$_POST['a3'];
$value4=$_POST['l1'];
$value5=$_POST['l2'];
$value6=$_POST['r1'];
$value7=$_POST['r2'];
$value8=$_POST['u1'];
$value9=$_POST['u2'];
$value10=$_POST['u3'];
$value11=$_POST['unit_name'];
$value12=$_POST['year'];
$sql="INSERT INTO stamatopoulou(a1,a2,a3,l1,l2,r1,r2,u1,u2,u3,unit_name,year) VALUES('$value1','$value2','$value3','$value4','$value5','$value6','$value7','$value8','$value9','$value10','$value11','$value12')";
if(!mysql_query($sql)){
die('Error:'.mysql_error());
}
}
elseif(HERE I WANT TO CHECK THAT IF THE LECTURER IS EQUAL TO KEHAGIAS THEN DO THE BELOW)
{
$value1=$_POST['a1'];
$value2=$_POST['a2'];
$value3=$_POST['a3'];
$value4=$_POST['l1'];
$value5=$_POST['l2'];
$value6=$_POST['r1'];
$value7=$_POST['r2'];
$value8=$_POST['u1'];
$value9=$_POST['u2'];
$value10=$_POST['u3'];
$value11=$_POST['unit_name'];
$value12=$_POST['year'];
$sql="INSERT INTO kehagias(a1,a2,a3,l1,l2,r1,r2,u1,u2,u3,unit_name,year) VALUES('$value1','$value2','$value3','$value4','$value5','$value6','$value7','$value8','$value9','$value10','$value11','$value12')";
if(!mysql_query($sql)){
die('Error:'.mysql_error());
}
}
elseif(HERE I WANT TO CHECK THAT IF THE LECTURER IS EQUAL TO CHRYSOCHOOU THEN DO THE BELOW)
{
$value1=$_POST['a1'];
$value2=$_POST['a2'];
$value3=$_POST['a3'];
$value4=$_POST['l1'];
$value5=$_POST['l2'];
$value6=$_POST['r1'];
$value7=$_POST['r2'];
$value8=$_POST['u1'];
$value9=$_POST['u2'];
$value10=$_POST['u3'];
$value11=$_POST['unit_name'];
$value12=$_POST['year'];
$sql="INSERT INTO chrysochoou(a1,a2,a3,l1,l2,r1,r2,u1,u2,u3,unit_name,year) VALUES('$value1','$value2','$value3','$value4','$value5','$value6','$value7','$value8','$value9','$value10','$value11','$value12')";
if(!mysql_query($sql)){
die('Error:'.mysql_error());
}
}
mysql_close();
?>
and my html code is this...
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../statistics/style.css">
<script type="text/javascript">
function resetForm(){
// clearing selects
var selects = document.getElementsByTagName('select');
for (var i = 0; i<selects.length; i++)
selects[i].selectedIndex = 0;
return false;
}
window.load(resetForm());
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="nav">
<div id="nav_wrapper">
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Principal</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../../statistics/principalLecturerForm.php">Lecturer Scores</a></li>
<li><a href="../../statistics/principalServicesForm.php">Services Scores</a></li>
<li><a href="../../statistics/principalLecturerYears.php">Lecturer Over the Years</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Academic Director</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../../statistics/ac_directorLecturerForm.php">Lecturer Scores</a></li>
<li><a href="../../statistics/ac_directorServicesForm.php">Services Scores</a></li>
<li><a href="../../statistics/ac_directorLecturerYears.php">Lecturer Over the Years</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Lecturer</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../../statistics/lecturerForm.php">Lecturer</a></li>
<li><a href="../../statistics/lecLecturerYears.php">Lecturer Over the Years</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Admin</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../../statistics/adminFormLecturer.php">Save Lecturer Scores</a></li>
<li><a href="../../statistics/adminFormServices.php">Save Services Scores</a></li>
<li><a href="../../statistics/upload.php">Update Lecturers</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="../../statistics/logout.php">Logout</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div id="lecform">
<form action="savelagkasscores.php" method="POST">
<b>Lecturers:<b/>
<select name="lecturer">
<option value="Choose">Please select..</option>
<option id="dim" value="dimopoulos">Dimopoulos</option>
<option id="lag" value="lagkas">Lagkas</option>
<option id="stam" value="stamatopoulou">Stamatopoulou</option>
<option id="keh" value="kehagias">Kehagias</option>
<option id="chry" value="chrysochoou">Chrysochoou</option></select><br/><br/>
<br />
A1: <input type="text" name="a1" size="5"> <br /><br/>
A2: <input type="text" name="a2" size="5"> <br /><br/>
A3: <input type="text" name="a3" size="5"> <br /><br/>
L1: <input type="text" name="l1" size="5"> <br /><br/>
L2: <input type="text" name="l2" size="5"> <br /><br/>
R1: <input type="text" name="r1" size="5"> <br /><br/>
R2: <input type="text" name="r2" size="5"> <br /><br/>
U1: <input type="text" name="u1" size="5"> <br /><br/>
U2: <input type="text" name="u2" size="5"> <br /><br/>
U3: <input type="text" name="u3" size="5"> <br /><br/>
Unit Name:<input type="text" name="unit_name" size="20"> <br /><br/>
Year:<input type="text" name="year" size="10"> <br /><br/>
<br/>
<input type="submit" value="submit" name="Save">
<input type="reset" name="reset" value="Clear">
</form>
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div id="footer">
Copyright e-Statistics 2015
</div>
</body>
</html>
What i cant do is to find the appropriate if statements for each of the ifs that i have in the php code in order to save the data in the correct table in the database.