populating dropdowns on the fly 1

[Bertiethedog]

I am trying to expand my knowledge, I have seen some websites where you have a dropdown menu & according to your choice on the first dropdown a second is populated.

As an example if I had two dropdowns & the first was to select a car manufacturer & after your selection the second dropdown gets populated with all the models that the manufacturer has made.

Also it appears to do it without refreshing the screen

Kind Regards

Richard

 

[BiJae]

What you are trying to accomplish would be best done with javascript. PHP is a server side language and your looking for the client to process without a refresh.

http://www.bijae.net

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your whole life was, 'thank you,'
that would suffice."
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[BiJae]

Here's a FAQ that might help you get started on your project:

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=6294

http://www.bijae.net

"If the only prayer you said in
your whole life was, 'thank you,'
that would suffice."
-- Meister Eckhart

 

[Bertiethedog]

Hi
Thanks for your help

This is going to take a bit of learning.
What I have in mind is a page for creating credit notes from jobno's.

The first section select's the customer & the second select shows a list of jobs that have been invoiced for that customer. Only one or two jobs would be credited out at a time.

I could put a button alongside the customer selection menu & refresh the screen. I do something similar when creating invoices as I have a button to add a line.
The code is pretty complex & untidy, it does work but I am sure there must be an easier way to achieve the required result

It looks like I will be learning Javascript in the near future

Thanks for your Help


Richard

 

[likelylad]

Have a look at AJAX and use both server side and client side

 

[Bertiethedog]

Hi

I have had a look at AJAX which looks as if it will fit the bill.

I am gratefull to both of you for answering my query, you can spend a long time chasing round different progs trying to work out which is most suitable.

Thanks Again



Richard