Actually is named a Scape Character Miguel Guirao Servicios Datacard www.SIASA.com.mx -----Mensaje original----- De: Cole Ashcraft [mailto:cashcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Enviado el: Viernes, 18 de Junio de 2004 11:06 a.m. Para: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: Re: Dropdown menus from DB query No, the \ (backslash) tells PHP to echo the ". This prevents PHP from thinking that the quote means the end of an echo statement. Cole Shahmat Bin Dahlan wrote: >I think this is the line which is the cause of your coding woes... >The quote (") doesn't have any matching pair. There's one quote in >front, but there's none at the back. > >echo "<select name=\"dropdown\">; > * * > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Cole Ashcraft <cole.ashcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Date: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:23 am >Subject: Re: Dropdown menus from DB query > > > >>Thanks. I think I can work from this. Just to let you know, it >>generatesa parse error ( I think its because of the quotes). >> >>Cole >> >>On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 18:09, Ng Hwee Hwee wrote: >> >> >>>hmm... what about something like this?? >>> >>>echo "<select name=\"dropdown\">; >>> >>>$query = "select code, name from table"; >>> >>>$result = mysql_query($query); >>> >>>while($array = mysql_fetch_array($result)) >>>{ >>> echo "<option >>> >>> >>value=\"".$array["code"]."\">".$array["name"]."</option>";> } >> >> >>>echo "</select>"; >>> >>>hth >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Cole Ashcraft" <cole.ashcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>To: <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:50 AM >>>Subject: Dropdown menus from DB query >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>How would you create a drop down menu from a database query? I >>>> >>>> >>have> > figured how to do it with one field, but how could it be >>done with a >> >> >>>>system where the value is different than the displayed value (ie. >>>>numerical code as the value, name displayed)? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Cole >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>>PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>This message has been scanned for viruses and >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >> >>-- >>PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >> >> > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- 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
