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Hi,
In my mysql database i have a text input option, in the registration form and edit my details form i have a multiple select dropdown list, which user selects options to populate the text input box, which ultimately populates the text field in the mysql database.
All works perfectly.

The dropdownlist consists of 3 parts <optgroups> first is current selection (what is the usesr current selection)works fine, The second <optgroup> is existing words, what words we(the site) have given as options, and the third <optgroup> is the words that others have used. This is where im having a small problem.
Because its a text field when i call the data from the database, it calls the entire text box as a single option in my select list..

I want to break the words in the text field (at the comma) and have them listed each one as an option in the select list.


Example what i need:

Words in text box:(my input allows the "comma")
word1, word2, word3, word4, word5, word6,

How i want them called/displayed:
<option value=\"word1\">word1</option>
<option value=\"word2\">word2</option>
<option value=\"word3\">word3</option>
<option value=\"word4\">word4</option>
<option value=\"word5\">word5</option>
<option value=\"word6\">word6</option>

here's my code:
$query = "SELECT allwords FROM #__functions_experience WHERE  profile_id  = '".(int)$profileId."' LIMIT 1";
         $original_functionsexperience =doSelectSql($query,1);
         $query = "SELECT allwords FROM #__functions_experience WHERE  profile_id  = '".(int)$profileId."' LIMIT 1";
         $functionsexperiencelist=doSelectSql($query);
          $funcexpList ="<select multiple=\"multiple\" onchange=\"setFunctionsexperience(this.options)\">";   
         foreach ($functionsexperiencelist as $functionsexperienceal)
            {
            $selected="";
            if ($functionsexperienceals->allwords == $original_functionsexperience)
               $selected=' selected="selected"';
            $allwords=$functionsexperienceal->allwords;
            $funcexpList .= "<optgroup label=\"Current selection\">
            <option value=\"".$allwords."\" ".$selected." >".$allwords."</option>
            </optgroup>      
              <optgroup label=\"Existing Words\">
              <option value=\"existing1,\">existing1</option>
              <option value=\"existing2,\">existing2</option>
              <option value=\"existing3,\">existing3</option>
              <option value=\"existing4,\">existing4</option>
              <option value=\"existing5,\">existing5</option>
              <option value=\"existing6,\">existing6</option>
         </optgroup>
         <optgroup label=\"Others added\">    //heres problem
         <option value=\"".$allwordsgeneral."\">".$allwordsgeneral."</option>
         </optgroup>";
            }
         $funcexpList.="</select>";
         $output['FUNCEXPLIST']=$funcexpList;         
      
         
   The result im getting for optgroup others added:
   word1, word2, word3, word4, word5,

how can i get it like this:
<option value=\"word1\">word1</option>
<option value=\"word2\">word2</option>
<option value=\"word3\">word3</option>
<option value=\"word4\">word4</option>
<option value=\"word5\">word5</option>
<option value=\"word6\">word6</option>

Hi , I have one question .. Can I split showing of content of dynamic list in 2 parts , when I echo list in code ..

Code: [Select]
<?php 
// Run a select query to get my letest 8 items
// Connect to the MySQL database  
include "../connect_to_mysql.php"; 
$dynamicList = "";
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products ORDER BY date_added DESC LIMIT 8");
$productCount = mysql_num_rows($sql); // count the output amount
if ($productCount > 0) {
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){ 
             $id = $row["id"];
 $product_name = $row["product_name"];
 $price = $row["price"];
 $date_added = strftime("%b %d, %Y", strtotime($row["date_added"]));
 $dynamicList .= '<table width="100%" border="2" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
        <tr>
          <td width="17%" valign="top"><a href="product.php?id=' . $id . '"><img style="border:#666 1px solid;" src="inventory_images/' . $id . '.jpg" alt="' . $product_name . '" width="77" height="102" border="2" /></a></td>
          <td width="83%" valign="top">' . $product_name . '<br />
            $' . $price . '<br />
            <a href="product.php?id=' . $id . '">View Product Details</a></td>
        </tr>
      </table>';
    }
} else {
$dynamicList = "We have no products listed in our store yet";
}
mysql_close();
?>


Code: [Select]
<p><?php echo $dynamicList; ?><br />
</p>
It works ok, and putting my files, everything works, but when I put 8 pictures with price and other details, it just show one image with details and another image below with details, and the third image below and so on ..
Can I split dynamic list to show 4 images with details on the left side and 4 on the right side?

Thank you in advance for help , if is possible

Hi, I use the following code to create a select menu from an array of options stored in LISTS.php:


include 'LISTS.php';

print('<select id="from" name="from">');
foreach ($langList as $lang) {printf('<option %s>%s</option>', 
     ($from1 == $lang ? 'selected="selected"' : ''), $lang);
     }
echo '</select>';


where LISTS.php includes the following:
$langList = array(' ','English', 'French', 'German', 'Dutch', 'Spanish');

This works great, but now I want to do something similar with a checkbox list, where each checkbox has an associated 'onchange' javascript function and I'm getting pretty stuck.

My checkbox list is of the following form:

Code: [Select]
<html>
<ul style="height: 95px; overflow: auto; width: 200px; border: 1px solid #480091; list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;">
    <li id="li1b"><label for="chk1b"><input name="chk1b" id="chk1b" type="checkbox" onchange="function1('chk1b','li1b')">Option1</label></li>
    <li id="li2b"><label for="chk2b"><input name="chk2b" id="chk2b" type="checkbox" onchange="function1('chk2b','li2b')">Option2</label></li>
//etc.
 </ul>
</html>
What I want to do is have 'Option1', 'Option2', etc. stored in an array in LISTS.php and have a PHP script that populates the checkbox list accordingly, in a similar manner to my select menu above. I can't work out how to get the ID of the next <li> and the next <input> in the list to go up by one each time, e.g. 'li1b' then 'li2b', 'li3b', etc.

Could someone pls help me out? Thanks!

Is there a way to take data that is listed like a,b,c,d,e and turn that into an unordered list?

Basically, I'm going to have a list of schools that will be listed with comma separators.  I'll print that data out in two places, one will be printed as it's in the database.  The other I would like to echo as an unordered list.

How hard would something like this be? I have a database with all my users.

I need an empty list and when a user clicks a button "Add me to the list" they are added to the first position in the list

Slots
1. Tom
2.
3.
4.
5.

Later, Jerry wants to be added to the list. So this happens

Slots
1. Jerry
2. Tom
3.
4.
5.

More people join the list

1. Bob
2. John
3. Jerry
4. Tom
5.

Tom gets upset clicks the same button to join the list again, and he's bumped back up to first place. 

Slots
1. Tom
2. Bob
3. John
4. Jerry
5.

Is this possible? And is so, how would I go about getting started on such a thing? I've been using PHP for about a year and a half.

Is it possible to get bittorrent peer list (IP list) via php, udp protocol ?

txh!

Hello there,

this is a really noob question, but I've no idea on how to make it work without making everything messy and crappy.

I have one SQL table called categories, and another called subcategories.
Inside the subcategories table there's a field named 'parent' that will link it to the correspondent category, so it should look something like this in html:

Code: [Select]
<ul>
<li>Category
<ul>
<li>Subcategory</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

Would you please give this poor guy a hand? =)

Hey, I'm having a issue with using a listbox.. Am I doing something wrong??
Heres my HTML:
Code: [Select]
<select style="height:100px;width:250px;" name="countries[]" multiple>
<option value="US">United States</option>
<option value="UK">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="CA">Canada</option>
<option value="AU">Australia</option>
</select>
and my PHP:

$countries = $_POST['countries'];
$countries = implode(' | ', $countries);


I'm trying to set it up so I can insert the data as: US | UK | CA.
But, when I submit the form, I get these errors:
Quote

Notice: Undefined index: countries in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mynewscript/admin/cp/add.php on line 30
Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mynewscript/admin/cp/add.php on line 31



Thanks in advance!

Hi , i am trying to make a to do list where i can add things i still need to do . i  also want to remove items from the list when they are done , this is what i made now but it still misses a lot , my array keeps getting emptied when i add something.  im still a beginner in php. This is the file without the css included , i don't think it's relevant to this question to include it.   <?php 

Ive just implemented a function which shows how many queries have been run on the specific page. Since the result returned 38 queries on the index page alone i need a way of listing all of these queries. I could just go through the code and find them all but there are several pages to go through. so does anyone know of a function which will list all the queries that have been run?

Hi,

I am trying to call the data from Mysql but I am getting an empty drop down list, this is the code:


mysql:

Code: [Select]
create table years
(  yearID integer auto_increment,
   year varchar(30),
   primary key (yearID)
);

insert into years (yearID, year) values ('1', '2007-2008');
insert into years (yearID, year) values ('2', '2008-2009');
insert into years (yearID, year) values ('3', '2009-2010');
insert into years (yearID, year) values ('4', '2010-2011');
insert into years (yearID, year) values ('5', '2011-2012');
insert into years (yearID, year) values ('6', '2012-2013');

PHP:

Code: [Select]
<?php require_once('../Connections/connection.php'); ?>
<?php
 
$result = @mysql_query( "select yearID, year, from sss.years");

print "<p>Select a year:\n";
print "<select name=\"yearID\">\n";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
$yearID = $row[ 'yearID' ];
$year = $row[ 'year' ];
print "<option value=$yearID>$year\n";
}
print "</select>\n";
print "</p>\n";
?>

Thank you!

Say i was going to store a "friends list" for a user. Would it be easier to store the names in a text string in the db instead of having to make a new field for each friend? In other words:

001 | Keith | Joe, Jane, Mike

or

001 | Keith | Joe | Jane | Mike

It seems like a pain to make a column for each but since i'm only 6 months into php i haven't really tapped into it's ability to deal with a string of data. My end game would to at some point take the user list and make a selectable table:

Friends:
Joe
Jane
Mike

Preferably with an array pseudo coded as:

Count how many users
for each user
echo username <a href username's page>



Bottom line: Store as Columns or String?

p.s. i've reviewed php.net etc. so it's not a matter of not knowing how but more which is preferable