RE: [PHP-DB] Ordering question .....

/t is a tab, however tabs won't show up in HTML, you'll have to use something like: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <>< Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Jim Hatridge [mailto:James.Hatridge@epost.de] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:03 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Ordering question ..... Hi Bogdan et al... Thanks! I've got that going now. I'm sure that I'll have more questions for you as I work on it. In fact here's one now! echo("$myrow[1] $myrow[2]<br>\n"); In the line above, how can I get a tab to work? I tried "\t" but that did not work. Also the "\n" does not work on this line. In my program I took it out. Thanks JIM On Thursday 09 May 2002 18:40, Bogdan Stancescu wrote: > You could create a form using PHP's great feature of correctly > retrieving arrays from POST requests. For example: > > ---------- page1.php ---------- > <form action="page2.php" method="post"> > <? > // [connect to db] > $sql="select id, name from stamp order by name"; > $result=mysql_run_query($sql); > while ($myrow=mysql_fetch_row($result)) { > echo("<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ids[]\" > value=\"$myrow[0]\">\n"); > echo("<input type=\"text\" name=\"quantities[]\">\n"); > echo("$myrow[1]<br>\n"); > } > ?> > <input type="submit"> > </form> > ----------- > > and then walk $_POST["quantities"] using an incrementing index ($i) and > for every non-null value of $_POST["quanitites"][$i] you echo whatever > you please from the database based on id $_POST["ids"][$i]. > > HTH > > Bogdan > > Jim Hatridge wrote: > >HI all.. > > > >This is my first question to this list. I'm running mysql and SuSE 7.2 > > with PHP 4. > > > >My question: I have a table of stamps to sell (I'm a stamp dealer btw). I > >want to make a order form with all the items in this table something like > >this: > > > >_________ New Stamp #1 > >_________ New Stamp #2 > > > > > >And so on thru the table. I want to be able to put a amount in "_____" > >ie "_____4 New Stamps #1" . Then when I click the submit button PHP will > >make a new table of only the stamps with an amount in the "_____". Also > > the number of stamps in the table might (will) change each time I use > > this form, so I can't say X number of lines. > > > >Can someone give me a clue on how to do this? Please keep it simple I'm > > new to this. > > > >Thanks! > > > >JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php