need help finishing this script sorta

[RogueDogg1]

function showDescription(sel, productdesc, price, productname){
    var opt = sel.options;
    if(opt[sel.selectedIndex].value == "productname"){
        productname.value = "product name";
		productdesc.value = "product description";
        price.value = "product price";
    }else{
		var ary = opt[sel.selectedIndex].value.split("|");
        productdesc.value = ary[0];
        price.value = ary[1];
		productname.value = ary[2];
    }
    return true;
}

So basically what this is doing is:
I have made a db query to get the (productname, productdesc, price) so I put the productname in a drop down menu from Dreamweaver and when you select a productname it will display the productdesc in a textarea and the price in a textbox.

Now that is working just fine, the problem is when I submit those values in the form and echo them the $productname doesn't display, it comes ends up displaying the productdesc | price -- productdesc again. So where might I be going wrong? I have a live working example if someone would like further testing just let me know. Thanks in advance for any help that would be given.

 

[cLFlaVA]

you can post your working, living example, but this sounds like a PHP question.



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[RogueDogg1]

Ok so to make this "live" example work you have to follow a couple of steps.

Step 1:

http://www.cashflowdirect.com/search/search.html

When you go there type in "mar" (no quotes) and click the search button.
Step 2:
Once the search has found anyone with "mar" in their name it will display them with an "activate" button. Click on anyone doesn't matter to activate them.
Step 3:
You now need to select a product from the dropdown menu, I suggest for testing purposes choose "E Wizard". Then click on the "build invoice" button at the bottom of the form.
Step 4: Notice how the "productname" "E Wizard" is not displayed in the ( ITEM CODE DESCRIPTION ) column. It's only echo'ing the productdesc.

Try that see if you have a better understanding of what I'm talking about. I am echo'ing it correctly

<? echo "$productname"; ?>

but if you use firefox it tells you productname has no properties, that's why nothing is echo'ing. But I don't know why it doesn't have a property like the other items (price, productdesc).

I have another issue but that we can address after I hope if you or anyone can help me.

 

[cLFlaVA]

you are calling the function like so, from your onchange event:

showDescription(this, productdesc_1, price_1)

yet, you set up the function like this:

function showDescription(sel, productdesc, price, [red]productname[/red]){

at the very least, your function is expecting a fourth parameter.



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[RogueDogg1]

My lord you are a saint. I have made a few errors in the code I provided you but your reply got me thinking and here is the proper working code:

function showDescription(sel, productdesc, price, productname){
    var opt = sel.options;
    if(opt[sel.selectedIndex].value == "productname"){
        productname.value = "product name";
		productdesc.value = "product description";
        price.value = "product price";
    }else{
		productname.value = opt[sel.selectedIndex].text;
		var ary = opt[sel.selectedIndex].value.split("|");
        productdesc.value = ary[0];
        price.value = ary[1];
	    }
    return true;
}

Thank you so much for jump starting my brain...I have been stuck on this for days now.

 

[RogueDogg1]

Uh oh...however I think I have come up with a snag, it's only working for the first set of products, if you try to add another product it won't do it. It's now saying productname_2 is not defined, would this be cause productname is not any array in the javascript?

 

[RogueDogg1]

Nevermind...such a doofus I am. I forgot that with the way the javascript is I needed to create a hiddenfield with the productname_# in order for it to echo correctly. I guess this is a bit of a hodge podge way of doing it but it's the only way I know. Thanks again for all your great help.

 

[cLFlaVA]

no prob.



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