> From: akuhl@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Dynamic Menus in a PHP Form Issue > Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 08:59:08 +0200 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alice Wei [mailto:ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 24 May 2010 04:47 PM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Dynamic Menus in a PHP Form Issue > > Hi, I have a snippet as in the following: <ul> > <li>Select the type of your starting point of interest:<br/> > <div id="start_menu"><form action="" name="form1" method="post"> > <span><input type="radio" value="Apartment" name="start" > onclick="alert(document.form1.start)"/> Apartment </span> > </form></div></li> </ul>If I tried to put this at the top of a > file where I save as PHP with other PHP execution statements, looks like the > form does not do anything, and yet when I save the page as in HTML with out > the other PHP execution, it works. I am trying to create a page where I have > dynamic drop down menu lists so users can egenerate dynamic content based on > their preference. Is it possible that I can save the entire file as a PHP > and still keep the functionality, including generating dynamic menus, > writing the proper entries to the database and printing out the proper > output? > > Thanks for your help. > > Alice > _________________________________________________________________ > > The reason it works in html is because it is "executed" in the browser. If > you want this html to get to the browser you must either echo it to the > output buffer that is sent to the browser, or end your php section with "?>" > so that these lines are interpreted as part of the output that is sent to > the browser. > > If your php script is running without error then I presume you're already > doing this. If that's the case then maybe it's not being put into the output > buffer the way you're expecting (e.g. maybe the quotes don't match). You can > look at the source code in the browser and compare it against the working > html code to see where the difference is. > > Cheers > Arno Thanks, guys. I have set now to 2 different requests, and it is doing great now. Alice > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2
