need help with tiny problem!!

[itworks]

i'm developing a script that allows the users of a site to built their own PC by choosing the components from the table products in the database.

first of all i made a menu in which tje user can choose the platform he wants (Pentium IV (DDR), Pentium IV (RIMM), AMD (DDR), etc...).

then the form page consists in a drop menu for each component and the options of that menu are only the products of that category (disk, graphic card, etc...) for some special components (processor, memory, motherboard) the options are there according to the platform chosen.

then when the form is submited the chosen components are shown for the user verification but in this page i need to show the total value of the computer for those components...

How do i do this?

i can't seem to get this right, maybe the way i made the script doesn't give me much chance to do this and there's a better way for the whole thing.

Thanks in advance.

[dalecosp]

Sounds a bit like a shopping cart, eh? You might take a look at some that are out there.

Basically each 'part' could be an array (manufacturer, part_number, name, detail, price) and you could add each of these arrays into a larger array (computer), which would be an array of parts (which they are, I guess :p )

Keep the array with sessions, then when they're done, calculate the cost and echo it out........

[itworks]

this function is a section inside a site that has a shopping cart that i made, making the shopping cart is something that i know. so what do you mean it looks like a shopping cart?

i think the best solution is to start again from scratch i just need something to start with.

the way i have it right now uses classes with a function to return each component into a drop menu, how could i make it return the price too, like in a hidden field maybe.

any thoughts please?

thanks.