Mayer, Jonathan wrote: > I suppose that, as well as updating the database when I click the > link, I could also update a CSS toggle, but I'd really like it to be > deciding whether to toggle only based on the flag in the database. > > So: > > // check database > if ($toggle == 1) > { > <textarea>...</textarea> > } > else > { > <textarea disabled>...</textarea> > } > > This is called every time the page is refreshed, of course, but if the > database is changed afterwards, the form doesn't know. I would like > some way of continually checking in the background whether $toggle is > 1 or 0, and update the form appropriately. I assumed AJAX was the way > to go. Ajax or iframe-rpc would work, yes. Continually poll your database and set the display attribute accordingly. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php