how can i put this values in the <select>

zurron

I want insert in a form severals values and later take them and insert them in a db

the second part I know how to do it
but the first part I don't.

so please help me

I have this form :

<FORM NAME="main2" METHOD="post" ACTION="add_ip2_html.php">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="add_to_list" VALUE="Add to list">
</FORM>

<FORM NAME="main" METHOD="post" ACTION="insert_ip.php">
<P> new: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txf_new_ip" MAXLENGTH="15"></P>
<P>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT">
<SELECT NAME="sena_allowed_ip" SIZE=5 onChange="" >
    <OPTION VALUE="">  </OPTION><BR>
</SELECT><BR> </TD>
</P>
<P><INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="insert" VALUE="Insert">
<INPUT TYPE="reset" NAME="clear_form" VALUE="Clear">
</P>
</FORM>

Yamakazi

<OPTION VALUE="Id1">Happy</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="Id2">Mellow</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="Id3">Sad</OPTION>

</SELECT>

You get a combo box with 3 choices: Happy, Mellow and sad.
If you choose sad and submit the form the form handler will be able to call the variable mood its value will be Id3

Hope that helps.

zurron

I think that you misunderstand me.

I want to fill the combo box dinamicly

with this button and text field

jpmoriarty

well firstly i think that you need your text input to be in your form tags - it's sitting outside them at the moment.

Secondly, where are you gettnig the other values for teh select box from? If you want to add values to it dynamically then you'll need to store them elsewhere, like in a database or a text file or something. Your add_ip2_html.php file then needs to take the text you've entered, stick it into the database with the other values, and then you can reload the first page selecting all the entries from the database for the select box. I dont think you can make the php add more php codes into a php file, as it were - you need to make the populating of the select box a dynamic process.

stolzyboy

this may be what you are getting at, may be parse errors, didn't check:

<?
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "xxxxx", "xxxxxx") or die ("Could not connect to database!");
$db = mysql_select_db("databasename") or die ("Could not select database");

$query = "select * from tablename where field = '$variable';";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Could not select");
?>
<select name="blah">
<?
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
?>
<option value="<? echo $row['field']; ?>"><? echo $row['field']; ?></option>
<?
}
?>
</select>

zurron

ok, I understood all you suggestions.

but can i put the a string from a text field to combo box on the same page without store it in a data base or in a file?

stolzyboy

where are you getting the dynamic info from to put in the select statements

zurron

I want get the info from a regular

<P> new: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txf_new_ip" MAXLENGTH="15"></P>

stolzyboy

sorry i am at a loss for words, can't quite figure out what you are trying to do, hope you have better luck with someone else

zurron

i have this form

http://gpsis.utp.edu.co/~zurron/php/add_ip_html.php

when i type something in the text field, my desire is that when i click on the button Add to list, put the value in the combo box without the necesity of any database for the moment,

only build this combo box, when i have the combo box full of strings we will see the next.

sorry, I know that my english sucks, I hope that you have a idea after it.

thanks

stolzyboy

ok, makes sense now, that would probably be best served with javascript, not php, but once you have that filled, you use php for the insertion into database, of course.....since then you don't have to post to a new page everytime for the add button, you may want to check out http://javascript.internet.com and go to the forms section for a similar script

zurron

thanks man.

Regards,

zurron