PHP variables in a javascript drop down list

saracen

Hi,

Got a bit of an issue I could use a lot of help on. Its a bit complicated so please bear with me...

I have an html first page that passes 8 hidden variables to a second php page. The php page contains a form with 8 drop down lists and all 8 variables set the selected option on the drop down lists to whatever is passed. The complicated bit is that 2 of the drop down list are related (ie changing an option on one changes the choices on the second) using javascript. I can get the php to populate the javascripts option list but I cant (dont know how to) get the php to tell the javascript which option is to be selected. If anyone can help, you would be a godsend!

PHPdev

You may already know some of this, but here goes...

Javascript sees the <selects> as an array, and these form objects have a property called selectedIndex. So what you need to do is have PHP tell JS what index should be seleted by setting the seletedIndex.

document.form.select1.selectedIndex = <?php $_POST["select1"] ?>

something like that.

LMK if this is not what you were looking for.

PHPdev