On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Alice Wei <ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx > CC: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Select Values Didn't Get Passed in From Two Different > Forms > Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 19:31:10 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 17:18:21 -0400 > > To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > From: tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Select Values Didn't Get Passed in From Two Different > Forms > > CC: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > >On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 15:12 -0400, Alice Wei wrote: > > > What I am trying to find out is, when I have my form with a > > >dependent select menu, how can I pass the value of the select menu > > >to another page? I have mentioned in the initial email that if I > > >just allow users to type stuff, it passes the form back to itself > > >and works. However, what I want > > > to do is to allow users click one radio button/checkbox, and use > > >that value to determine which "select menu" to bring up. However, > > >the information I am only interested in storing, is the value of the > > >select menu and not the radio button/checkbox. > > > > > >Am I making sense here? > > > > and > > > > >>Maybe that is why I cannot pass the information on in the "hidden" > > >>value, but what have I missed here? Ajax? PHP? I am getting > > >>confused. > > >> > > >>Alice > > > > Alice: > > > > That's the reason why I am taking this in steps instead of hitting > > you with all the buzz-words you were throwing around when we started. > > > > If you don't know how to pass variables from one page to another, > > then why require ajax? That only complicates the process. There are > > several methods to pass variables from one page to another. You could > > have everything contained in a single page, but let's just solve your > > problem. > > > > To pass things from one page to another has been demonstrated to you > > in the examples I provided, namely: > > > > http://webbytedd.com/cccc/alice > > > > and > > > > http://webbytedd.com/cccc/alice1/ > > > > Those forms are passing data as the user clicks submit. > > > > Now, you want the user to pick a value and then pass that value to a > > different page to bring up a different select control, right? > > > > Please review this: > > > > http://www.webbytedd.com/cccc/alice2/index.php > > > > That does everything you ask and it does it simply without ajax. From > > these examples you should be able to create just about anything you > > want. > > > > Cheers, > > > > tedd > > > Anything I want? > > On a second note, after looking at your example again, is it possible to > generate what is on form 4 without having to push submit button on form 3? > Or, is that another topic in Javascript or something else? > > Alice > > > > -- > > ------- > > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com > > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > Get started. > _________________________________________________________________ > 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 Alice, I'm not really sure what you're looking for, but this page has examples of forms that are dynamically generated using AJAX. Perhaps sifting through the code (and using tools like the Web Developer plugin) will give you some ideas: http://nephtaliproject.com/nedit/ Adam -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com
