PHP - Horizontal List From A Recordset/query

Two part question:

1)

I have a MySql table called "lang_key", which will store all of the common text for a site, which will allow easy site modifications from the "non tech" admin.  Now, I am creating a recordest that will pull the information from the table, and create a basic list of variables in php.

For example:

I connect to the database, and do a wildcard select.  I can figure out how to set a basic php variable like the example below:
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$query1 = "SELECT * FROM lang_key";
$result = mysql_query($query1);

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{

$template = $row['common_text'];



}
There are three fields in my lang_key table (unique_id, string_id, and common_text')

What I want to do is take it a step further from the example and I want $template to be the value of "common_text" Where string_id = "curr_template"

I hope this makes sense?  I really just want to create my recordset and then populate the website with the recordset info.


Part II

Do you recommend that I use a lang_key database, or would it be simpler and more efficient to just create a lang page with static variables, and use the php file write option to update the page?


Thanks!!!

I have the code below:
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<div id="content">
    <table width="998" border="0" cellspacing="4" id="stuff">
        <?php do { ?>
          <tr>
            <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['name']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php } while ($row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1)); ?>
</table>
      <div id="spryTable" spry:region="ds1">
        <table align="center">
          <tr>
            <th spry:sort="name"> </th>
          </tr>
          <tr spry:repeat="ds1" spry:setrow="ds1" spry:hover="hover" spry:select="selected">
           <td height="40" align="center">{name}</td>  // green line
           <td height="40" align="center">{name}</td>  //orange line
          </tr>
          </table>
      </div>
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At the moment the green line of code will display the entire record of names, and the orange line displays the entire record again in another column of the table.
The problem is, I want half the names to be printed in one column and the other half of names to be displayed in the other column.
Can someone show me how to set the php code to do this? I've been trying various things for a while now without success.
 
Thank you.

Hi again

probably a very simple code but not working.  I am trying to show a default image "fabric.jpg" if the recordset is empty.  If not empty it shows the recordset image at a size of 100X100.  This is the code I am using and have probably left something out, any ideas?

<img src="<?php if ($row_Recordset3['fabricpicture']==null); echo "<img src='graphics/fabric.jpg'>"; ?>" alt="" name="fabric" width="100" height="100" border="0" align="bottom" id="fabric" title="Selected Bottom Up Blind Fabric" />

I have tried switching the img scr both "" and ' ' but still no joy?

Record set has 2 text fields in the form which is set in a full repeat recordset browse.  So, we get a long list of every record in the database.  However, I want to be able to click on a single record and make another page appear.  I can do this if the display is set as a table without using a text field form -- just the record variable and using a hyperlink.  But, I want to use the text field.  Wrapping the form only gets me the value of the last record displayed.  Help would be appreciated.

Hi, I'm new to PHP/MySQL and need some help getting my query to work for my selection list:

The selection list is built with:
<form action='processformmissing.php' method='POST'>
<fieldset>
<legend>Choose Department</legend>
<select name='depart'>
<option value=''></option>

<?php
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
extract($row);
echo "<option value='$department'>$department</option>\n";
}
?>
</select>
<p><input type='submit' value='Select Department' /></p>
</fieldset>

</form>

The data is then sent to:

$depart = $_POST['depart'];
$deptlike = "%".$depart."%";

echo "<p>$depart</p>";
echo "<p>$deptlike</p>";

$query = "SELECT * FROM lifecerts INNER JOIN employees ON lifecerts.cid = employees.cid WHERE department LIKE '$deptlike' ORDER BY employees.name";



Hitting the submit button from my selection list form seems to be working fine because when I echo my data ($depart and $deptlike) it is giving me the correct value, but the query doesn't give me any results. However, if my post data comes from a text box instead of a selection list, my query works fine. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong???

Many thanks!

Hi all, new to PHP and had a syntax question. I have the following code:

print "<p>{$row['comment_createdate']};

This prints out a date from my sqlquery as a database datetime. I need to format it to display "Monday June 15, 2010 5:15 pm". I'm not sure how/where to attach a date() function to the record. (If it matters, the line above is inside of a loop going through several records). This really applies to attaching functions to columns within a recordset in general.

Many thanks ahead of time.

I need some help with the query for a form that selects values across multiple columns, and allow users to select multiple values in several columns.

     http://brinsterinc.com/tpa/tpasearch.php

I assume you build the where clause for the sql by determining if there is an option value has been selected in the single-value select boxes.

But how do I handle the multi-select list boxes?

I'm desperate for help!  Need to get somewhere with this over the weekend!

TIA!

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 ..

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<?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();
?>


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<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:

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<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.

Hello all,   Based on the suggestion of you wonderful folks here, I went away for a few days (to learn about PDO and Prepared Statements) in order to replace the MySQLi commands in my code. That's gone pretty well thus far...with me having learnt and successfully replaced most of my "bad" code with elegant, SQL-Injection-proof code (or so I hope).   The one-and-only problem I'm having (for now at least) is that I'm having trouble understanding how to execute an UPDATE query within the resultset of a SELECT query (using PDO and prepared statements, of course).   Let me explain (my scenario), and since a picture speaks a thousand words I've also inlcuded a screenshot to show you guys my setup:   In my table I have two columns (which are essentially flags i.e. Y/N), one for "items alreay purchased" and the other for "items to be purchased later". The first flag, if/when set ON (Y) will highlight row(s) in red...and the second flag will highlight row(s) in blue (when set ON).   I initially had four buttons, two each for setting the flags/columns to "Y", and another two to reverse the columns/flags to "N". That was when I had my delete functionality as a separate operation on a separate tab/list item, and that was fine.   Now that I've realized I can include both operations (update and delete) on just the one tab, I've also figured it would be better to pare down those four buttons (into just two), and set them up as a toggle feature i.e. if the value is currently "Y" then the button will set it to "N", and vice versa.   So, looking at my attached picture, if a person selects (using the checkboxes) the first four rows and clicks the first button (labeled "Toggle selected items as Purchased/Not Purchased") then the following must happen:   1. The purchased_flag for rows # 2 and 4 must be switched OFF (set to N)...so they will no longer be highlighted in red. 2. The purchased_flag for row # 3 must be switched ON (set to Y)...so that row will now be highlighted in red. 3. Nothing must be done to rows # 1 and 5 since: a) row 5 was not selected/checked to begin with, and b) row # 1 has its purchase_later_flag set ON (to Y), so it must be skipped over.   Looking at my code below, I'm guessing (and here's where I need the help) that there's something wrong in the code within the section that says "/*** loop through the results/collection of checked items ***/". I've probably made it more complex than it should be, and that's due to the fact that I have no idea what I'm doing (or rather, how I should be doing it), and this has driven me insane for the last 2 days...which prompted me to "throw in the towel" and seek the help of you very helpful and intellegent folks. BTW, I am a newbie at this, so if I could be provided the exact code, that would be most wonderful, and much highly appreciated.   Thanks to you folks, I'm feeling real good (with a great sense of achievement) after having come here and got the great advice to learn PDO and prepared statements.   Just this one nasty little hurdle is stopping me from getting to "end-of-job" on my very first WebApp. BTW, sorry about the long post...this is the best/only way I could clearly explaing my situation.   Cheers guys!

case "update-delete":
	if(isset($_POST['highlight-purchased'])) 
		{
			// ****** Setup customized query to obtain only items that are checked ******
			$sql = "SELECT * FROM shoplist WHERE";
					for($i=0; $i < count($_POST['checkboxes']); $i++)
						{
							$sql=$sql . " idnumber=" . $_POST['checkboxes'][$i] . " or";
						}
					$sql= rtrim($sql, "or");
											
			$statement = $conn->prepare($sql);
			$statement->execute();
																						
			// *** fetch results for all checked items (1st query) *** //
			$result = $statement->fetchAll();

			$statement->closeCursor();
											
			// Setup query that will change the purchased flag to "N", if it's currently set to "Y"
			$sqlSetToN = "UPDATE shoplist SET purchased = 'N' WHERE purchased = 'Y'";
											
			// Setup query that will change the purchased flag to "Y", if it's currently set to "N", "", or NULL
			$sqlSetToY = "UPDATE shoplist SET purchased = 'Y' WHERE purchased = 'N' OR purchased = '' OR purchased IS NULL";

			$statementSetToN = $conn->prepare($sqlSetToN);
			$statementSetToY = $conn->prepare($sqlSetToY);
											
			/*** loop through the results/collection of checked items ***/
			foreach($result as $row)
				{
					if ($row["purchased"] != "Y")
						{
							// *** fetch one row at a time pertaining to the 2nd query *** //
							$resultSetToY = $statementSetToY->fetch();
															
							foreach($resultSetToY as $row)
								{															
									$statementSetToY->execute();																
								}
						}
					else
						{
							// *** fetch one row at a time pertaining to the 2nd query *** //
							$resultSetToN = $statementSetToN->fetch();
															
							foreach($resultSetToN as $row)
								{															
									$statementSetToN->execute();																
								}
						}
				}
				break;
		}

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Here is my code:
// Start MySQL Query for Records
$query = "SELECT codes_update_no_join_1b" .
"SET orig_code_1 = new_code_1,
       orig_code_2 = new_code_2" .
"WHERE concat(orig_code_1, orig_code_2) = concat(old_code_1, old_code_2)";
$results = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
// End MySQL Query for Records


This query runs perfectly fine when run direct as SQL in phpMyAdmin, but throws this error when running in my script??? Why is this???

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You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '= new_code_1, orig_code_2 = new_code_2WHERE concat(orig_code_1, orig_c' at line 1