Sincerely
Negin Nickparsa
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Jeffry Killen <jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> On Oct 23, 2014, at 10:10 AM, Negin Nickparsa wrote:
>
> I have items showing up in list view or grid view.
>> I have 2 buttons List and Grid
>> and Items will show up in Grid view and List view
>> also I order them in a select tag by price and other options
>>
>> when I sort by name I want to remember the state of view
>> whether it is grid or if it is list
>>
>> user selects Grid view and then wants to order them by price. but when
>> they
>> order by price booom!(submitted) they will go to default view which was
>> List view.It is not correct so bad.
>>
>
> How does the user designate the view he wants to see?
> It appears that there must be a way, via javascript ajax call*
> , to tell the server
> initially what the preferred view is, so when the page reloads the correct
> view
> is displayed.
>
> *or get/post sent to the page that is being viewed. I would do this as
> <?php
> // in the top of the page being viewed.
>
> $_file_self = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
> $_view = '';
> if($_GET['view'])
> {
> $_view = $_GET['view'];
> }
> ?>
>
> The
>
> <a href="<?php print $_file_self ?>?view=grid">Grid View</a>
> <a href="<?php print $_file_self ?>?view=list">List View</a>
>
> You may also want to save the view preference as a session variable
> or have code write a preference file for the user.
> Is the user required to have an account? If so, include a variable that
> designates the default view preference.
>
> using get method can be a way to achieve it however I prefer to use post
> method.
>
can you give me hints about ajax parts? maybe I can do something with that.
for session they are so strict not using session for the sake of speed and
security.
>
>
>
>
>> I have an event onchange that when I click on selection the form will be
>> submitted
>> I want to keep the values so that it can remember whether it should sort
>> the items in grid view or list view
>>
>> the live example can be seen here:
>>
>> http://www.lenmar.com/general-purpose/aa/aa/nickel-metal-
>> hydride/nickel-metal-hydride-battery
>>
>> this is the older version which is working with Get method but the test
>> server is with $_POST I am showing the concept to help clarifying the
>> problem
>>
>> as far as I attempted, I got the hidden values for $_POST
>> and then I pass them to the form but it still has problem
>> here is the sample code:
>>
>>
>> <form method="post" action="" id="myform">
>> <div id="gridSort">
>> <input type="hidden" name="selected_sort" value="<?php echo
>> !empty($_POST['sort']) ? strip_tags($_POST['sort']) : ''; ?>" />
>> <input type="hidden" name="selectionList_view" value="<?php echo
>> !empty($_POST['Listview']) ? strip_tags($_POST['Listview']) : ''; ?>" />
>> <input type="hidden" name="selectionGrid_view" value="<?php echo
>> !empty($_POST['Gridview']) ? strip_tags($_POST['Gridview']) : ''; ?>" />
>> <span>View Results As:</span> <span>
>> <input type="submit" class="listButtons" name="Lisview" value="List">
>> </span> <span>
>> <input type="submit" class="resultButtons" name="Gridview"
>> value="Grid"></span>
>> <select id="sortSelect" class="sortSelect" size="1" name="sort"
>> onchange="this.form.submit();" >
>> <option selected>Sort</option>
>> <option value="Name">Name</option>
>> <option value="PriceLowToHigh">Price - Low</option>
>> <option value="PriceHighToLow">Price - High</option>
>> </select>
>> </div>
>> </form>
>> <script type="text/javascript">
>> document.getElementById('sortSelect').value ="<?php if(!
>> $_POST['sort']):?>"Sort"<?php else: echo $_POST['sort']; endif;?>";
>> </script>
>> <pre>
>> <?php print_r($_POST); ?>
>> </pre>
>>
>>
>> I select the price high to low or something else I want it to remember
>> what
>> I had chosen before that list? or grid?
>>
>> my question is that is it possible to have just 1 form and submit and keep
>> them? hidden field didn't work as I tested.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Sincerely
>> Negin Nickparsa
>>
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