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Jan 7, 2003, 2:38 PM

chokri

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Jan 7, 2003, 2:38 PM

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Navigation ListBox using PHP

Could someone help me with my list box. I am trying to create 2 list box menu dependant on each other. I have no idea where to start. I was thinking array with an if else statement would that be the easiest way to go about it?

Scenario - a movie database

I have
1. List of films
2. Features on that film

Further example,

A user would go to my site, he would see 2 list box menus side-by-side.
he would have to chose a film from list 1 and then a feature (e.g. preview) from list 2

And when he has selected both, depending on the film ID, the right preview page would be displayed.

What is the best way to go about writing a script for it. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Jan 7, 2003, 2:46 PM

Andy

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Jan 7, 2003, 2:46 PM

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Maybe something like this? (untested, and there is guaranteed to be a better way to do it);

Code:
<?php 

$array = <<<CODE 
Thing 1 
Thing 2 
Thing 3 
Thing 4 
Thing 5 
Thing 6 
CODE; 

$sliced = explode("\n", $array); 

foreach ($sliced as $line) { 

  $middle_html = "<option>$line</option>"; 

} 

echo "<select size="1" name="FormName">"; 
echo $middle_html; 
echo "</select>"; 

?>

Hope that helps :)

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jan 7, 2003, 2:50 PM

chokri

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Jan 7, 2003, 2:50 PM

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Thanks Andy,
I figured an array would be the easiest too. I will start with it.

Jan 7, 2003, 3:58 PM

Paul

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Jan 7, 2003, 3:58 PM

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That's why I hate php :)

Code:
my $options = map { qq|<option>Thing $_</option>\n| } (1..6);

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Paul: Jan 7, 2003, 3:59 PM