Re: php and checkboxes

On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 08:17, Angelo Zanetti wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a table that gets populated from records of a DB. every row in the > table has a checkbox and the items desc. I want the user to select the items > they want and then they click on a link which registers the items they've > selected in a session variable. Firstly I am not sure if this can be done on > that same page or on the page to which the link calls. IE: if php can > determine which checkboxes have been selected. All the checkboxes are all > part of an array. > > this is the way it should work: > > 1. the user selects the items they want > 2. then clicks a link to another page Link can have javascript in it to either build a target URL or to submit the form. I'd personally go for the form solution since the URL will be ugly. > 3. this page then displays what was selected Form submits to the same page in which it is presented. > 4. this info must be sent in a session variable. Why? Set up the session variable using the data submitted by the form. > 5. must not use a submit button as I want the info to be saved in session > variable. Once again why? Sure I can see not using a submit button, but I don't see how that relates to the info being saved in a session variable. > > I hope that this makes sense. Somewhat :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'