how do i save the updated value to a coockie

From: Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 14:52:43 +0000
Subject: how do i save the updated value to a coockie
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hey guys how ru would you kindly tell me how do i save the value of an updated combo box in a cookie as i have 3 combos on the page which must be updated and stored the values of them so that i can reuse it too. i found a java script for defining the value for the combos also but how do i populate their values from php? other wise i have the very long and simple code which doesn't works very well can u give me the hint or the mistakes which i had made. <?php $link = mysql_connect("localhost", "chintan","hellomysql")
    or die("Could not connect");
    mysql_select_db("chintan") or die("Could not select database");
echo "<form action=index.php method=POST>"; echo "<select name=ItemType tabindex=1>"; $XX = "No data availabe!"; $aku = mysql_query("SELECT ItemType FROM Products WHERE ItemName='Hinges' group by ItemType"); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($aku)) { $colom_name=$row["ItemType"]; echo "<option value=ItemType>$colom_name</option>"; } if ($colom_name="") { print ("$XX"); } echo "</select>"; echo "<input type=submit value='Update'><br>"; echo "<select name=Thickness tabindex=1>"; $ak = mysql_query("SELECT Thickness FROM Products WHERE ItemName='Hinges' and ItemType=$_REQUEST[ItemType] group by Thickness"); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($ak)) { $colom_name2=$row["Thickness"]; echo "<option value=Thickness>$colom_name2</option>"; } if ($colom_name2="") { print ("$XX"); } echo "</select>"; echo "<input type=submit value='Update'><br>"; echo "<select name=SizeinMM tabindex=1>"; $ak = mysql_query("SELECT SizeinMM FROM Products WHERE ItemName='Hinges' and ItemType='$_REQUEST[ItemType]' and Thickness='$_REQUEST[Thickness]'"); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($ak)) { $colom_name3=$row["SizeinMM"]; echo "<option value=SizeinMM>$colom_name3</option>"; } if ($colom_name3="") { print ("$XX"); } echo "</select>\n"; echo "<input type=submit value='Update'><br>\n"; echo "</form>"; $ak = mysql_query("SELECT Rates,Ratesforsspin FROM Products WHERE ItemName='Hinges' and ItemType='$_REQUEST[ItemType]' and Thickness='$_REQUEST[Thickness]' and SizeinMM='$_REQUEST[SizeinMM]'"); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($ak)) { $colom_name4=$row["Rates"]; $colom_name5=$row["Ratesforsspin"]; } echo "<b>Rates for M.S.Pin:</b>\t$colom_name4<br>"; echo "<b>Rates for S.S.Pin:</b>\t$colom_name5<br>"; ?>

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