What do you see in the HTML source of the browser's that "don't work" and how does it not work? The select boxes just don't show up at all? Do other form elements show up? ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Nigel Dunn [mailto:nigel.dunn@strobe.net.nz] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:36 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: HTML Select Boxes not displaying > > Hi Everyone, > > I have encountered a problem with IE that I am unsure how to get around. > I dynamically create quite a few drop down boxes to enable categories to > be oredered. It works fine for me (XP box) however everyone else in my > office is running ME or 98 and it doesnt work in IE for any of them. > Works fine in Netscape and Mozilla. Both myself and my boss are running > IE6, same build, however he is ME and I'm XP, and he cant see them either. > > Below is the code I'm using....any help with this would be great. > > Thanks in advance, > Nigel Dunn > > <? > // includes the db connection, etc > include("../config/global.inc"); > > function display_ordered_list() { > > echo "<table width='600' border='0' cellpadding='2' cellspacing='0'>"; > echo "<tr><td><b>Category Name</b></td><td align='right'><b>Category > Order<b></td></tr>"; > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM category WHERE parent_id = '0' > ORDER BY list_id, name"); > $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result); > if ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > do { > $cat_id = $row['id']; > $name = $row['name']; > $list_id = $row['list_id']; > echo "<tr><td>$name</td><td align='right'><select > name='cat[$cat_id]'>\n"; > echo select_list($list_id, $num_rows); > echo "\n</select></td></tr>\n"; > > $result2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM category WHERE parent_id = > '$cat_id' ORDER BY list_id, name"); > $num_rows2 = mysql_num_rows($result2); > if ($num_rows2 != 0) { > // echo "<tr><td colspan='2'><hr></td></tr>"; > echo "<tr><td> </td><td>\n\n"; > echo "<table width='85%' border='0' cellpadding='2' > cellspacing='0'>\n"; > echo "<tr><td><b>Sub-Category Name</b></td><td > align='right'><b>Sub Category Order</b></td></tr>\n"; > if ($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2)) { > do { > $sub_id = $row2['id']; > $sub_name = $row2['name']; > $sub_list_id = $row2['list_id']; > echo "<tr><td>$sub_name</td><td align='right'><select > name='cat[$sub_id]'>\n"; > echo select_list($sub_list_id, $num_rows2); > echo "</select></td></tr>\n"; > } while ($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2)); > } > echo "\n</table>\n"; > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > echo "<tr><td colspan='2'><hr></td></tr>\n"; > } > } while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)); > } > echo "<tr><td colspan='2'><hr></td></tr>\n"; > echo "<tr><td> </td><td><input type='submit' name='Submit' > value='Submit'></td></tr>\n"; > echo "</table>\n"; > } > > function select_list($id, $total) { > > for ($x = 1; $x <= $total; $x++) { > if ($x == $id) { > $option_list .= "<option value='$x' selected>$x</option>\n"; > } else { > $option_list .= "<option value='$x'>$x</option>\n"; > } > } > return $option_list; > } > > ?> > <html> > <head> > <title>Order Categories Test</title> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > </head> > > <body> > <form action='<?= $PHP_SELF; ?>' method='POST'> > > <? > if ($Submit == "Submit") { > > $the_end = false; > $s = reset($cat); > $k = key($cat); > $c = count($cat); > > while(!$the_end) { > for($i = 0; $i < $c; $i++) { > $result = mysql_query("UPDATE category SET list_id = '" . > $cat[$k] . "' WHERE id = '$k'"); > $s = next($cat); > if ($s==false) { > $the_end=true; > } else { > $k = key($cat); > } > } > } > } > > display_ordered_list(); > > ?> > </form> > </body> > </html> > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
