Re: Multiple Select Stuff

Looks like you got a few good answers from Rasmus and others! I do understand now, and think I can make good use of the suggestions you received too. Thanks, Joe > >You've got the right idea, and yes the select box is multiple-select. I was >just hoping there was a way to format the array so that, at LEAST, it was >the KEY that was set in the array (and not the value) so that.... > >instead of (for a multiple-select box): > >array(0=>"abc", > 1=>"def"); > >It would be: > >array("def"=>1, > "abc"=>0); > >That way, I could save myself the trouble of trying to loop through the >array looking for a match, instead I could just do a >if(isset($array['myselect']['def'])) > >Do you see what I mean? > >John > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joe Conway [mailto:jconway2@home.com] >> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 1:17 AM >> To: John Coggeshall >> Cc: php general >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Multiple Select Stuff >> >> >> >> Okay, Say you having something like... >> >> >> >> <SELECT NAME="myselect[]" MULTIPLE> >> >> <OPTION VALUE="abc">ABC</OPTION> >> >> <OPTION VALUE="def">DEF</OPTION> >> >> <OPTION VALUE="ghi">GHI</OPTION> >> >> </SELECT> >> >> >> >> My problem is I'd like PHP to select certain options in the >> list that the >> >> user selected perviously. Does that make sense? >> >> >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> >> I'm not sure if I understand what you're trying to accomplish, >> but I'll take a stab at it. Your last statement makes it sound >> like you want the previously selected value in a list of values >> to be pre-selected. In that case, here's an example. It assumes >> that the last selected value of $prod_sn is already known. >> >> print("<TD width=\"25%\"><SELECT NAME=\"prod_sn\" >> style=\"width:95%\">\n"); >> $sql = "select distinct product_sn from c_hdr"; >> $rs = pg_exec($conn,$sql); >> $numrecs = pg_numrows($rs); >> for ($row = 0; $row < $numrecs; $row++) { >> if (pg_result($rs,$row,0) != $prod_sn) { >> print("<OPTION VALUE=\"" . pg_result($rs,$row,0) . >> "\">"); >> } else { >> print("<OPTION VALUE=\"" . pg_result($rs,$row,0) . "\" >> SELECTED>"); >> } >> print(pg_result($rs,$row,0) . "</OPTION>\n"); >> }; >> if (pg_numrows($rs) == 0) { >> print("<OPTION>No matches found</OPTION>\n"); >> } >> pg_freeresult($rs); >> print("</SELECT></TD>\n"); >> >> >> I think if you add MULTIPLE to the <SELECT> tag (i.e. <SELECT >> NAME="prod_sn" style="width:95%" MULTIPLE>) and if $prod_sn were >> an array of previously selected values, you could modify the >> above to acheive your desired result (i.e. loop through all of >> the $prod_sn[] values when testing for a match). >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Joe >> >> > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >