Static Item with four options

I have a static item with four price options which is getting to the cart fine by a menu list. I need the cart to reflect the description that reflects the price. Is there a way to send the text of the option selected into the description field?

<form name="eCart1_1_ATC_0" method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?><?php echo (isset($_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]) && $_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] != "")?"?".$_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]:""; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="eCart1_1_ID_Add" value="0" >
<input type="text" name="eCart1_1_Quantity_Add" value="1" size="4" >
<select name="eCart1_1_Price_Add">
<option value="Select Option" selected>Select Option</option>
<option value="225.00">1 Child 1 Adult</option>
<option value="180.00">1 Child 1 Adult MEMBER</option>
<option value="120.00">1 Child </option>
<option value="100.00">1 Child MEMBER</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" class="eC_FormButton" value="Add to Cart" name="eCart1_1_ATC">
</form>

in the add to cart button behavior, set the description to be updatable from a hidden field.


then add an onchange event to the price select list to populate the description hidden field using the syntax:

onChange="document.<formName>.<hiddenElementName>.value = document.<formName>.<listName>[document.<formName>.<listName>.selectedIndex].text"


where:
<formName> is the name of the form (or in your case eCart1_1_ATC_0
<hiddenElementName> is the name of the description hidden element
<listName> is the name of the price select list ( or in this case eCart1_1_Price_Add)

fast reply! because I'm primarily a designer, here comes dumb question #1...

where exactly does the onChange code go?

in the select list:

<select name="eCart1_1_Price_Add" onChange="document.<formName>.<hiddenElementName>.value = document.<formName>.<listName>[document.<formName>.<listName>.selectedIndex].text">

yea. that's where I put it initially. nothing going to the cart now.

<form name="eCart1_1_ATC_01" method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?><?php echo (isset($_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]) && $_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] != "")?"?".$_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]:""; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="eCart1_1_ID_Add" value="01" >
<input type="hidden" name="eCart1_1_Description_Add" value="" >
<input type="text" name="eCart1_1_Quantity_Add" value="1" size="4" >
<select name="eCart1_1_Price_Add" onChange="document.<eCart1_1_ATC_01>.<eCart1_1_Description_Add>.value=document.<eCart1_1_ATC_01>.<eCart1_1_Price_Add>[document.<eCart1_1_ATC_01>.<eCart1_1_Price_Add>.selectedIndex].text">
<option value="Select" selected>Select</option>
<option value="225.00">1 Child 1 Adult</option>
<option value="180.00">1 Child 1 Adult MEMBER</option>
<option value="120.00">1 Child</option>
<option value="100.00">1 Child MEMBER</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" class="eC_FormButton" value="Add to Cart" name="eCart1_1_ATC">
</form>

you dont include the < and > tags in the javascript code, I onlyt used them to denote variable values.

onChange="document.<eCart1_1_ATC_01>.<eCart1_1_Description_Add>.value=document.<eCart1_1_ATC_01>.<eCart1_1_Price_Add>[document.<eCart1_1_ATC_01>.<eCart1_1_Price_Add>.selectedIndex].text"

should be:
onChange="document.eCart1_1_ATC_01.eCart1_1_Description_Add.value=document.eCart1_1_ATC_01.eCart1_1_Price_Add[document.eCart1_1_ATC_01.eCart1_1_Price_Add.selectedIndex].text"

thanks Jason. that worked. Now... how to get the description that is in the shopping cart to also display at PayPal?

current results show:

Ceramics on the Wheel $260.00
Item number: 25
Item price: $260.00
Quantity: 1

I don't need the item number listed. maybe swap out the item number for the description that was generated in the cart?

no, the item number is mandatory

you would need to concatenate the Decription on the name that is passed to paypal, if you are using eCart 6 and express checkout, look for code similar to this on the confirm page:

$WA_PP_ECO_Do_itemized[0][$nextIndex] = "Name" . strval($cartIndex+1) . "";
$WA_PP_ECO_Do_itemized[1][$nextIndex] = "".$cartName->DisplayInfo("Name") ."";

where cartName is the name of the ecart object

change that to:
$WA_PP_ECO_Do_itemized[0][$nextIndex] = "Name" . strval($cartIndex+1) . "";
$WA_PP_ECO_Do_itemized[1][$nextIndex] = "".$cartName->DisplayInfo("Name") ." ".$cartName->DisplayInfo("Description") ."";