Accessing value of dropdownlist to send to mysql via php

[Jan Ubbo]

Hello fellow Kendo's,

sorry to be n00by, probably it's very simple...
I am trying to read out a value of a dropdown-list to pass to a php file for mysql query...

Attached is the file, you can also see it live here:
http://www.trinamic.com/psearch/

Upon selecting a motor type, i can already coax out an alert, but how do i get the value in there?

I've tried a variety of stuff:
(motor.text());

and

var mdropdownlist = $("#motor").data("kendoDropDownList");
var text = mdropdownlist.text(); 

but to no avail...

Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated ; )


Kind regards from Germany, Ubbo

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi,

 You need to use the value method of the dropdown list to get its value. You can also check the client side API demo.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Jan Ubbo]

Hi Atanas Korchev,

sweet! That worked out...
Thanks for the quick help ; )
Unfortunatly I already bumped into the next snag, but it concerns the grid widget, so I'll post it there (one i got that I should be good to go).

Kind regards, Ubbo