Re: Newbie Question

Stewart- Thanks a great deal It works now. Wade ""Taylor, Stewart"" <Stewart.Taylor@uk.thalesgroup.com> wrote in message news:2B25A9C95DC8D411BBE500508BB19239515CD0@ntslxch1.int.rdel.co.uk... > You've got some typo's > if (my_type != "0"){ --> if ($my_type != "0") { > > Plus you forgot to use the print function (or to turn off php ?>) to output > the Select HTML. > > -Stewart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wade [mailto:wwilliams@myoptionvalue.com] > Sent: 23 April 2001 16:15 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Newbie Question > > > I wanted to say thanks to all those that have helped me. This is really a > great language and I am doing things I never thought I'd be able to do! > > Now to my question: > > I am doing some form validation, where I check the values entered by the > user. If the value is correct, I format the results and print it out. If it > is not correct, I want to allow them to fix it. When I have a text field, > like first_name, I'm ok. But when I do an HTML list menu, I'm having > troubles. > > Basically, this is what I want to do. If the value is correct, print the > value. If it is not correct, display the list box. Here's an example (but > you can see my else statement is wrong, and this is what I need help with): > > if (my_type != "0"){ > switch($my_type){ > case "one": > print "<img src=\"/trillion/img/one.gif\" width=\"41\" > height=\"26\" alt=\"One\">"; > print " One"; > break; > case "two": > print "<img src=\"/trillion/img/two.gif\" width=\"41\" > height=\"26\" alt=\"Two\">"; > print " Two"; > break; > case "three": > print "<img src=\"/trillion/img/three.gif\" > width=\"40\" > height=\"26\" alt=\"Three\">"; > print " Three"; > break; > } > } > else { > <select tabindex=13 name="my_type"> > <option value="0" selected>Select a Value</option> > <option value="one">One</option> > <option value="two">Two</option> > <option value="three">Three</option> > </select> > } > } > > > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 >