Re: PHP - Web/list Question...

On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 20:26 -0800, bruce wrote: > Hi. > > I've got a question/issue that I want to bounce off the list. > > I have a list that extends over multiple pages. there might be 200 items, > and i don't want to have the items listed on the same page as it would be > too long. i can break the list up, so i can have it be displayed over > multiple pages. however, i want the user to select different items from the > list. given that the selected items might be over different pages, what's > the best way of keeping a running track of the items that have been > selected?? > > I could have each page be a form, and do a post/get where i then keep track > of the selected items from page to page, but that would appear to get ugly. > i'm looking for pointers to other sites/code that might have already > implemented this kind of scenario. > > thoughts/pointers would be appreciated... Accumulate them in the session. When done, and before final action you could let them view a summary of selected items and allow deletion of any entries they don't want. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP