RE: help with form design

You can do this two ways, Client side or server side. Client side use Java Script. You will find examples at Java Script sites. Server Side: <?php if(Submit == "add another"){$Count =$Count +1;} Switch(AddFields){ Case "1" code to add another field Case "2" Code to add two fields or another field. You will have to play with this. Case "etc" } ?> Ted Knudson http://www.automatedcabinets.com http://www.pulsarusa.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Barnett [mailto:cbarnett@netcabtec.com] > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 10:02 AM > To: 'php-general@lists.php.net' > Subject: help with form design > > > Hello people. I am building a site that will present a form for the user > to fill out and then store the info in a db. The current paper based > form is relatively simple, but the key bad thing is this: > there could be multiple answers for one particular question. > > instead of having just 5 text input boxes, I will need a way to "add > more". One way I have thought of doing this is filling the form out in > stages. Fill out the stuff with one answer and when you get to the end > of that section, click "next". The user would then get a chance to fill > out a form with the data that may have multiple answers. The user could > then click "next", "finished", or "add another". > > This method is not clean. I would like a way to just have the entire > form on the screen and to dynamically add the "multipel answers". > > current thinking says that I will have separate tables for each of the > "multiple answers" > > if anyone has a suggestion I am open. > > chuck >