> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 11:50:50 -0400 > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Select Values Didn't Get Passed in From Two Different Forms > > At 7:31 PM -0400 5/28/10, Alice Wei wrote: > > > >Anything I want? > > > >Seriously, I do know how to pass a "non-dynamic" element from one > >page to another page, but when I started researching on how to > >utilize dynamic menus based on user input, I found Ajax, until this > >problem that I am running into hits me. > > > >Is there some way that I could generate dynamic select menus without > >using Ajax? Or, is that asking too much? > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > >Alice > > Alice: > > No offense, but considering what you posted when you started this > exchange, it did not appear that you knew how to use forms. But on > the other hand, I don't know what "non-dynamic" elements are. > > Now on to your problem -- you want to "generate dynamic select menu" > -- I'm not sure what those are either. I think you need to start > using the terminology used in html, controls, and such. You can't > just throw terms together hoping that the person at the other end > knows what you're talking about. > > In any event, here's something for you to consider: > > http://www.webbytedd.com/a/ajax-controls/ > > It shows how to use javascript to detect user's actions in input > elements (i.e., text, radio, checkboxes, etc.) and select elements. > From those routines, you should be able to construct whatever > "dynamic select menus" you want. All the code is there -- just review > it. > > It would be a trivial matter to add a Submit button to the form to > pass these values to the server via traditional means and thus the > Submit was omitted to show how Ajax Controls work. > > However, it is important to note that the example provided above is > not unobtrusive -- it is an early example of how all of this was > done. There are more appropriate ways to accomplish this, but they > require more abstraction, which would probably lead to more confusion > on your part -- no offense meant. > > I suggest you read "DOM Scripting" and "Advance DOM Scripting" both > published by Friends of ED. They are well worth the cost/effort to > read and would give you a better understanding of the processes > involved. > > Cheers, > > tedd > At the time of writing this, I got all the functionality I wanted, only that it takes 3 submits, which is 4 pages in total, which includes two dependent select menus based on user input by clicking on the radio button and some other static drop downs and text inputs. I am not sure if it is possible to cut it down two only two submits, I just went online and found this, http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/tryit.asp?filename=trydhtml_event_onchange. If I could change this function to using the radio button, and process the other searching for the dependent drop downs using case statements with PHP , do you think this is a good idea? Anyway, I found this method is kind of ugly for the time being, but less daunting with what I was doing before. Thanks. Alice > ------- > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
