PHP - Selection For Page

Hi all,

I will wish to modify this code to get a choice of multiple selection, so I can select multiple category and not a single as it is currently.


Here is the original code:
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    {if $step==1}
    <div class="form_content">
    <form name="newad" method="post" action="newad.php?step=1">
    <label>{$lng.listings.category}<span class="mandatory"> *</span></label>
    <select id="category" name="category">
    <option value="">{$lng.listings.category}</option>
    {foreach from=$categories item=v name=cat}
    {if $v.parent==1}
    <optgroup label="{$v.str}{$v.name}">
    {else}
    <option value="{$v.id}" {if $tmp.category==$v.id}selected="selected"{/if}>{$v.str}{$v.name|escape:"html"}</option>
    {if ( $smarty.foreach.cat.index!=$categories|@count-1 && $v.parent_id!=$categories[$smarty.foreach.cat.iteration].parent_id) || ($smarty.foreach.cat.index==($categories|@count-1) && $v.parent_id!=0)}
    </optgroup>
    {/if}
   
    {/if}
    {/foreach}
    </select>
   
    {* ----------------------- levels drop down categories --------------------- *}
    {*
           <div>
            <select id="category1" name="category1" class="levels" onChange="chooseCateg(this.form, 1)">
            <option value="">{$lng.listings.category}</option>
            {foreach from=$categories item=v name=cat}
                    {if $v.parent_id==0}
                    <option value="{$v.id}">{$v.name|escape:"html"}</option>
                    {/if}
            {/foreach}
            </select>
            </div>
   
            <div style="display: none;" id="level2">
            <select id="category2" name="category2" class="levels" onChange="chooseCateg(this.form, 2)">
            </select>
            </div>
   
            <div style="display: none;" id="level3">
            <select id="category3" name="category3" class="levels" onChange="chooseCateg(this.form, 3)">
            </select>
            </div>
   
            <div style="display: none;" id="level4">
            <select id="category4" name="category4" class="levels" onChange="chooseCateg(this.form, 4)">
            </select>
            </div>
   
            <div style="display: none;" id="level5">
            <select id="category5" name="category5" class="levels" onChange="chooseCateg(this.form, 5)">
            </select>
      <input type="hidden" name="category" id="category" />
            </div>
    *}
   
    <br/><br/>
   
    <div class="buttons"><strong><input type="submit" name="Choose_categ" id="Choose_categ" value="{$lng.listings.next_step}" /></strong></div>
    <div class="clearfix"></div>
   
    </form>
    </div>
    </div> {* end form_container *}
    {/if} {* end step1 *}

Thank you for your help

How can I prevent someone from making an ivalid selection in a form? Lets say I had a select dropdown box and someone saved the HTML source from the browser, changed an item in the list, and changed the action to point back to my server eg. action="testsite.com/index.php". Then they open the file and try to submit the form.

When I try to select more than one value for my report, only one value shows.  I tried a few things, but I'm not having any luck.

Here is the form code:
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<td style="text-align: right">Job Type:</td>
<td>
<select name="job_type" multiple="multiple" size="3">
<option value="0" selected>ALL</option>
{section name=jt loop=$job_type_list}
<option value="{$job_type_list[jt][0]}">{$job_type_list[jt][1]}</option>
{/section}
</select>
</td>
Here is the other code:
//All IIS Object Code is to be encapsulated in the execute_object function
function execute_object($tab){
if ((isset($_POST['job']) and
 isset($_POST['job_type']) and
 isset($_POST['child_type']) and
 isset($_POST['job_status']) and
 isset($_POST['child_status']) and
 isset($_POST['ou']) and
 isset($_POST['child_ou']) and
 isset($_POST['pm']) and
 isset($_POST['child_pm']) and
 isset($_POST['dm']) and
 isset($_POST['child_dm']) and
 isset($_POST['customer']) and
 isset($_POST['end_date'])) or
(isset($_SESSION['report_job']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_job_type']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_child_type']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_job_status']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_child_status']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_ou']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_child_ou']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_pm']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_child_pm']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_dm']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_child_dm']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_customer']) and
 isset($_SESSION['report_end_date'])))
 {
 //Include functions
include $GLOBALS['include_path']."penta.job.functions.php";
include $GLOBALS['include_path']."display.functions.php";
include $GLOBALS['include_path']."report.functions.php";

//Get report parameters
if (isset($_POST['job'])){
$job_id = $_POST['job'];
} else {
$job_id = $_SESSION['report_job'];
}
if (isset($_POST['job_type'])){
$job_type = $_POST['job_type'];
} else {
$job_type= $_SESSION['report_job_type'];
}
if (isset($_POST['child_type'])){
$child_type = $_POST['child_type'];
} else {
$child_type= $_SESSION['report_child_type'];
}
if (isset($_POST['exclude_type'])){
$exclude_type = 1;
} else {
if(isset($_SESSION['report_exclude_type'])){
$exclude_type = $_SESSION['report_exclude_type'];
} else {
$exclude_type = 0;
}
}
if (isset($_POST['job_status'])){
$job_status = $_POST['job_status'];
} else {
$job_status= $_SESSION['report_job_status'];
}
if (isset($_POST['child_status'])){
$child_status = $_POST['child_status'];
} else {
$child_status= $_SESSION['report_child_status'];
}
if (isset($_POST['ou'])){
$ou_id = $_POST['ou'];
} else {
$ou_id = $_SESSION['report_ou'];
}
if (isset($_POST['child_ou'])){
$child_ou_id = $_POST['child_ou'];
} else {
$child_ou_id = $_SESSION['report_child_ou'];
}
if (isset($_POST['pm'])){
$pm_id = $_POST['pm'];
} else {
$pm_id = $_SESSION['report_pm'];
}
if (isset($_POST['child_pm'])){
$child_pm_id = $_POST['child_pm'];
} else {
$child_pm_id = $_SESSION['report_child_pm'];
}
if (isset($_POST['dm'])){
$dm_id = $_POST['dm'];
} else {
$dm_id = $_SESSION['report_dm'];
}
if (isset($_POST['child_dm'])){
$child_dm_id = $_POST['child_dm'];
} else {
$child_dm_id = $_SESSION['report_child_dm'];
}
if (isset($_POST['customer'])){
$cus_id = $_POST['customer'];
} else {
$cus_id = $_SESSION['report_customer'];
}
if (isset($_POST['sort_by_cust'])){
$sort_by_cust = 1;
} else {
if(isset($_SESSION['report_sort_by_cust'])){
$sort_by_cust = $_SESSION['report_sort_by_cust'];
} else {
$sort_by_cust = 0;
}
}
if (isset($_POST['end_date'])){
$edate = $_POST['end_date'];
} else {
$edate = $_SESSION['report_end_date'];
}
$job_type = implode(",",$_POST['job_type']);
//Prepare to output report
$filename = "Project Review Report.xls";
if (isset($_POST['print'])){
//Prepare the output file
header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\"");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0,pre-check=0");
header("Pragma: public");
} else {
//Save the report parameters to enable printing from the preview
$_SESSION['report_job'] = $job_id;
$_SESSION['report_job_type'] = $job_type;
$_SESSION['report_child_type'] = $child_type;
$_SESSION['report_exclude_type'] = $exclude_type;
$_SESSION['report_job_status'] = $job_status;
$_SESSION['report_child_status'] = $child_status;
$_SESSION['report_ou'] = $ou_id;
$_SESSION['report_child_ou'] = $child_ou_id;
$_SESSION['report_pm'] = $pm_id;
$_SESSION['report_child_pm'] = $child_pm_id;
$_SESSION['report_dm'] = $dm_id;
$_SESSION['report_child_dm'] = $child_dm_id;
$_SESSION['report_customer'] = $cus_id;
$_SESSION['report_sort_by_cust'] = $sort_by_cust;
$_SESSION['report_end_date'] = $edate;
//Output a print button at the start of the preview
preview_print_button("load_object.php?&object=52.2");
}
    
//Get the list of jobs based on the given criteria
$job_list = report_job_list($job_id, $job_type, $child_type, $exclude_type, $job_status, $child_status, $ou_id, $child_ou_id, $pm_id, $child_pm_id, $dm_id, $child_dm_id, $cus_id, $sort_by_cust, $selected_by);
//Set the max script execution time to ensure it can finish based on the number of jobs
$num_jobs = $job_list->RecordCount();
set_time_limit(60 + ($num_jobs * 30));

//Parse the template
$template = $GLOBALS['reports_path']."report52.2.htm";
$default_logo = "report52.2_files/image001.gif";
$hdr = null; $ftr = null;
parse_template($template, $default_logo, $hdr, $ftr);

My website, http://www.LawnBagSigns.com, has a lot of price tables, which I think, are getting bulky and hard to read. Like

this price page here, I think the table might be scaring people away.

So here is what I want to try - have a series of dropdown boxes where the user can choose the details a product one by one

(for example, first the size, then the quantity). I want to do this in PHP and XML, and I want to avoid JavaScript since,

believe it or not, not all of my website's visitors have JavaScript enabled.

My problem at the moment is that the XML document is full of white scape that is screwing over my system, but I don't want

to sacrifice readability by blobbing the whole xml file into one line with no spaces (because if I want to change or add

something... you get the idea).

So my question is, how do I get rid of the white scape?

Here is the prototype I've been working on:
http://www.lawnbagsigns.com/flyers-test.php
The XML:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="whitespace_ripper.xsl"?>

<price_table>
<side>1
<qty>25
<size>3.5 x 8.5
<price>
37
</price>
</size>
<size>8.5 x 5.5
<price>
37
</price>
</size>
<size>4.25 x 11
<price>
37
</price>
</size>
<size>8.5 x 7
<price>
38
</price>
</size>
</qty>
</side>
<side>2
<qty>25
<size>3.5 x 8.5
<price>
37
</price>
</size>
<size>8.5 x 5.5
<price>
37
</price>
</size>
<size>4.25 x 11
<price>
37
</price>
</size>
<size>8.5 x 7
<price>
38
</price>
</size>
</qty>
</side>

</price_table>and the PHP code:
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<?php

//P  Session

function priceSelect ($path)
{

if (!empty($_REQUEST['Previous']))
{

$_SESSION['xmlCursor'] = $_SESSION['xmlCursor']->parentNode;
echo 'test1<br />';
}
elseif (!empty($_REQUEST['Next']))
{

$exitLoop = false;
$childCursor = $_SESSION['xmlCursor']->firstChild;

while ($exitLoop == false)
{
if ($childCursor == $_SESSION['choice'])
{
$_SESSION['xmlCursor'] = $childCursor;
$exitLoop = true;
}
else
{
$childCursor = $childCursor->nextSibling;
}
}
echo 'test2<br />';
}
else
{

$_SESSION['userMadeChoices'] = array(array());
$_SESSION['xmlCursor'] = loadXML($path);
echo $_SESSION['xmlCursor']->firstChild->nodeValue;
echo $_SESSION['xmlCursor']->parentNode->nodeValue;
echo 'test3<br />';

}

$reload = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

echo 
'<form action="'.$reload.'" method="post">';

displayChoices($_SESSION['userMadeChoices']);
echo 'test4<br />';
displayMenu($_SESSION['xmlCursor'], $_SESSION['userMadeChoices'] );
echo 'test5<br />';
displayButtons($_SESSION['xmlCursor']);
echo 'test6<br />';

echo '</form>';
}

function loadXML($path)
{
$xmlDoc = new DOMDocument();
$xmlDoc->load($path);
$xmlDoc = $xmlDoc->documentElement;
return $xmlDoc;
}

function displayChoices($data)
{
for ($i = 0; $i < count($data); $i ++)
{
echo $data[$i][0];
echo '</br>';
}
}

function displayMenu($xml, $data)
{
echo '<select name="choice">';
//$xml = $xml->documentElement;
//$data[$xml] = 

foreach($xml->childNodes AS $child)
{
echo '<option value="' . $child->firstChild->nodeValue . '">' . $child->firstChild->nodeValue . 

'</option>';
}

    echo '</select>';
}

function displayButtons($xml)
{
if ($xml->childNodes != null)
{
echo '<input type="submit" name="Previous" value="Previous Step" />';
}

if ($xml->parentNode != null)
{
echo '<input type="submit" name="Next" value="Next Step" />';
}
}

function stripWhitespace ($string)
{

return $string;
}
?>

guys i have this  dropdown menu

echo "<form method=\"post\" action=\"\">";

echo "<center><select name=\"mydropdown\" size=\"0\" style=\"height:4em; width:15em;\">";

echo "<option value=\"Milk1\">{$_SESSION['tem1']}</option>";
echo "<option value=\"Milk2\">{$_SESSION['tem2']}</option>";
echo "<option value=\"Milk3\">{$_SESSION['tem3']}</option>";

echo "</select></center>";
echo "</form>";

and i wand to update a variable every time i select one of the contents...


how can i done this???

Good day:

I am tryint to redirect back to a page based on non selection. I am using this code, it is redirecting but not passing the $aid variable on the url. The page is getting the passed variable before doing the redirect. Here is the code:

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if ($_POST['hid']==0)
{
header('Location: sample.php?aid=."$aid"');
}


Thanks in advance.

Hi, I am trying to create a playlist using a multidimesional array. Where the user will select a song to hear from a radio button and when they do they will hear the song on the url that I have for that song. I am not sure if I am headed in the right direction. I believe the array is suppose to go as follows:
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<?php
$songs = array(
  'Christina Aguilera'=>array(
    'Impossible',
    'Beautiful',
    'Dirrty'
  ),
  'Pink'=>array(
    'Just like a pill',
    'Family potrait',
    'Missundaztood'
  ),
  'Kelly Rowland'=>array(
    'Stole',
    'Obsession',
    'Past 12'
  )
);


?>
but I am trying to see how would I send them to the url to listen to the song after they have selected the song.

if a user were to select multiple items in a selection list I would like to concatenate those items into a list and assign that into a variable. I know I should loop through the list but i'm not sure how I would continue to add those values to a variable.

Hello all,

I have a contact form which has a drop-down-menu (the reason why a user is using the form). I am wanting the option which has been selected to appear in the PHP scripted email as the subject. I am just sat here staring at the code and getting nowhere with it. Could anyone help me?

HTML form
Code: [Select]
<form name="contact_form" method="post" action="mail.php" onsubmit="return validate_form();">
<p>Full Name <em>(required)</em>:<br />
<input class="tb-focus" type="text" name="name" id="name" size="40" value="" /></p>
<p>Reason for Contact:<br />
<select class="select">
<option value="CV">CV Request</option>
<option value="enquiry">General Enquiry</option>
<option value="request">Request for Audition</option>
</select>
<p>Email Address <em>(required)</em>:<br />
<input class="tb-focus" type="text" name="email" id="email" size="40" value="" /></p>
<p>Agency Name <em>(if applicable)</em>:<br />
<input class="tb-focus" type="text" name="business" id="business" size="40" value="" /></p>
<p>Contact Number <em>(required)</em>:<br />
<input class="tb-focus" type="text" name="number" id="number" size="40" value="" /></p>
<p>Message <em>(required)</em>:<br />
<textarea class="tb-focus" name="message" id="message" rows="6" cols="40"></textarea></p>
<p><input class="button" type="submit" value="Submit Form" /></p>
</form>
PHP email POST:
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<?php
// Assign the posted values as variables to use later
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$reason = $_POST['sdsdsd'];
$business = $_POST['business'];
$number = $_POST['number'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$to = "*********";
$subject = "Email Contact Form - " . $_POST[name];
$message = "Filled out contact form on portfolio website.\n \n Full Name: " . $_POST[name] . "\n Email: " . $_POST[email] . "\n Business Name: " . $_POST[business] . "\n Contact Number: " . $_POST[number] . "\n Message: " . $_POST[message];

//leave the next 2 lines alone
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0rn";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1rn"; 
if (empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($number) || empty($message)) {
echo "<p>You appear to not have filled in the necessary fields.</p>";
echo "<p>Please click <a href='contact.html'>here</a> to re-enter your information.</p>";
}
elseif(!mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){
echo "Sorry, there has been an error! Please try sending your message again. Click <a href='contact.htm'>here</a> to start again.";
} 
else {
echo "Thank you for taking the time to fill out the contact form. I will get back to you as soon as I can.";
}
?>
I have absolutely no idea where to start with this.

Thanks in advance for the help

I'm trying to do a couple of things using the dropdown list below. I have a table with id, rank, and amount.

1. I need to echo the amount that corresponds to the rank selected from the dropdown list.
2. I also need to put the amount value in a variable so I can do some math with it later on.

I've got the dropdown pulling the rank values from the db just not sure how to make it do the rest I'm trying to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated


Code: [Select]
<?php
db($host,$db_name,$user,$pass);
function db($host,$db_name,$user,$pass)
{
global $link;
$link=mysql_connect ("$host","$user","$pass");
if(!$link){die("Could not connect to MySQL");}
mysql_select_db("$db_name",$link) or die ("could not open db".mysql_error());
}


$sql="SELECT * FROM dlaw";
$result=mysql_query($sql);

$options="";

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

    $rank=$row["rank"];
    $options.="<OPTION VALUE=\"$rank\">".$rank.'</option>';
}
?>
<SELECT NAME=rank><OPTION VALUE=0>Select Rank<?=$options?></SELECT>

If I have a drop-down list...
Code: [Select]
<select name="attendees">
                        <option value="">--</option>
                        <option value="1">1</option>
                        <option value="2">2</option>
                        <option value="3">3</option>
                        <option value="4">4</option>
                    </select>


Where does the value that the user selects get stored?


Does it get stored in $_POST by default (if a Form is used)?

What variable would hold the selected value?



Debbie

Hi

I am pulling my hair out over this, I have tried many many ways on getting this to work but none have.

I have a multi list selection box, which the user can select more than one option from. Once submitted this gets sent to a mysql database table.

Below is my shortened version of the multi list html code:

<select multiple="multiple" size="10" name="special[]">
<option value="Abdominal Training"> Abdominal Training </option>
                        <option value="Aerobics"> Aerobics </option>
                        <option value="Agility"> Agility </option>

</select>


If have tried putting  [] which creates an array in the mysql table field special, but when I echo it back it just echos 'array'.

When I try it without the [], and echo it back, it only echos one selection.

I am still new to php, but have managed to get my head around a lot, but have been stuck on this for weeks, please help.

Hi Everyone.

I'm using the following code to populate a combobox with salutations. The List is populated and the initial value is 'select a salutation'. When the submit button is clicked, the selection is saved in the database. my issue is that when i open the page based on the id number, the list does not remember my choice. it just lists all the salutations in the combobox. How can i change this code to remember the value selected? thanks.

I am saving the value of Salutation_1 from the combobox into records.Salutation_1.

    <?php  

$result=mysql_query("select Salutation from salutations"); 
$options=""; 
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { 

    $categoryname=$row["Salutation"]; 
    $options.="<OPTION VALUE=\"$categoryname\">".$categoryname.'</option>'; 
} 
?>
         <select name="Salutation_1">
           <option >&lt; select salutation &gt; <?php echo $options ?></option>

<?php

// create_user.php

      $username = $_POST['username'];
        $password = $_POST['user_pass'];

        $ss_name = $_POST['ss_name'];
        echo "ss_name: ". $ss_name. "<br/>";


?>

<!-- registration_page.php -->

	<form method="post" action="create_user.php">

<datalist id = "oecs_systems">
   
<?php

		include_once 'db_connect.php'; /*establish databse connection and create mysql object called msql2 */

	
		if ($stmt = $mysqli_obj2->prepare("SELECT ss_name FROM ss_systems ORDER BY ss_name")){
        
            $stmt->execute();   // Execute the prepared query.
            $stmt->store_result();
 
            
                $stmt->bind_result($ss_name);
                while($stmt->fetch()){
                   	echo "<option value=\" $ss_name\">";
                }
			
        }
        else{
			echo "Error in preparing database statement to display Social Security Systems <br/>";
        }        
			


?>
</datalist>

        <label for = "ss_name"> Social Security Organization:</label>
        <input  id = "ss_name" list = "oecs_systems"/> <br>        
	
		<input name="Button" type="submit" value="Create user account" />
	</form>

?>

I create a data list in my source file registration_page.php. However when this page then invokes "create_user.php", the "ss_name" id used for the data list echoes nothing to the screen as if nothing was selected.   Why can't I read the datalist selection?   I have added the code s well