Dynamic Forms

BenPWheeler

I think i want something like what this bloke wnats: http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10223121&highlight=form+change+dynamic

When a user selects a value form a list box, another list box on the page should change its content depending on the previous inputs value. Im sure there is a JS way of doing it, but how to do it in PHP?

Thank You

abnfire

you have to reload the page in order to do this, php dose not support client side scripting, the way you want then you must use javascript.

CaptianChaos

abnfire is right.... PHP is server side scripting... all processing occurs on the server. JS is client side scripting, all processing happens inside the user's browser.

JS example:
<html>
<head><title>Matching select example</title>
<script language="javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="post" name="dForm">
<select name="sOne" onChange="sMatch(this, document.dForm.sTwo)">
<option>one</option>
<option>two</option>
</select>
<select name="sTwo" onChange="sMatch(this, document.dForm.sOne)">
<option>one</option>
<option>two</option>
</select>
</body>
</html>

cgraz

Here's a link: http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs/jsnavigation/item.php/91311

Cgraz

CaptianChaos

Cgraz - thanks for the link. My reply wasn't really what he was looking for... I didn't realize it until I saw the example from your link. That's a good one.

cgraz

Yeah, i've got that link saved in my favorites. This question tends to come up a lot.

Cgraz