On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 18:19 -0400, PJ wrote: > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 15:48 -0400, PJ wrote: > > > >> jenai tomaka wrote: > >> > >>> You can try like this, > >>> > >>> $row = stored data; > >>> > >>> and write the options like this > >>> <option value="id" (id == $row ? "selected" : "") >xxxx</option> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yuri Yarlei. > >>> > >>> <http://brasil.microsoft.com.br/IE8/mergulhe/?utm_source=MSN%3BHotmail&utm_medium=Tagline&utm_campaign=IE8> > >>> > >> Yuri, I'm still "wet behind the ears" on this so I don't quite > >> understand what you mean by "stored data" ; and what does the "id" > >> (id==$row?"selected":"") mean? > >> I get the idea that this might be translated into something in the code > >> I have dreamed up - further down. > >> > >> echo "<option value=", $row['id'], ">", $row['category'], "</option><br />"; > >> I suppose that I must add an if clause to insert the selected option for > >> the categories that are relevant... > >> > >> > >> Gentlemen, > >> I have been diligently studying all this and have just returned my > >> attention to the list, so I've read the replies/inputs and now comment: > >> > >> BTW, I had some problems with the multiple statement - it does not take > >> any parameters; it must simply be stated multiple without quotes. > >> > >> Now, I was happy to learn that it is simpler to populate the insert new > >> books page dynamically from the db. Much shorter & neater. > >> It looks to me like the best solution for the edit page is close to what > >> Yuri suggests. > >> Since the edit page is very similar to the insert new books page, I > >> merely need to populate the Select options box slightly differently. > >> This is the code to populate the insert page: > >> <select name="categoriesIN[]" multiple size="8"> > >> <?php > >> $sql = "SELECT * FROM categories"; > >> if ( ( $results = mysql_query($sql, $db) ) !== false ) { > >> while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results) ) { > >> echo "<option value=", $row['id'], ">", $row['category'], > >> "</option><br />"; > >> } > >> } > >> ?> > >> </select> > >> > >> The problem nowis to find a way to add a conditional clause above that > >> will insert the option="selected" in the output. > >> The input for this comes from: > >> // do categories > >> $sql = "SELECT id, category FROM categories, book_categories > >> WHERE book_categories.bookID = $idIN && > >> book_categories.categories_id = categories.id";; > >> if ( ( $results = mysql_query($sql, $db) ) !== false ) { > >> while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results) ) { > >> echo$row['id'], "<br />"; > >> } > >> } > >> > >> This may return any number of category ids so the problem is to figure > >> out a way to pass the ids from the above code to the right ids in the > >> first code above. > >> How & what do I search to match the two ids? > >> > >> -- > >> Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." > >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Phil Jourdan --- pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> http://www.ptahhotep.com > >> http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php > >> > >> > >> > > <option value="id" (id == $row ? "selected" : "") >xxxx</option> is > > pretty bad HTML, as attributes should always have a value. Personally, I > > do something like this as it tends not to confuse the code too much > > > > $selected = ($id == $row)?'selected="selected"':''; > > print "<option value=\"$id\" $selected >xxxx</option>"; > > > I was unable to get any of the suggestions to work, except in_array(). > However, the selected item refuses to become highlighted. > code: > <select name="categoriesIN[]" multiple size="8"> > <?php > $sql = "SELECT * FROM categories"; > //$selected = ($id == $row)?'selected="selected"':''; > if ( ( $results = mysql_query($sql, $db) ) !== false ) { > while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results) ) { > if (in_array($row['id'], $ccc)) { > echo "<option value=", $row['id'], " selected >", > $row['category'], "</option><br />"; > } > else echo "<option value=", $row['id'], ">", > $row['category'], "</option><br />"; > } > } > ?> > </select> > I can't find anything that explains why the selected item is not > highlighted. > > -- > Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Jourdan --- pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.ptahhotep.com > http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php > Have you actually looked at the html this produces to see if any of the elements are being marked with the selected="selected" attribute? Thanks Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
