Please help me....

[szms]

I want to execute the following menu as many times as the user want. Please take a look and give me some suggestion.
First the user will be asked the number of time he/she wants to execute the menu bar in the same page (without opening a new page).

Please help me???

<form action="InsertFunctionComponent.php" method="GET">

<br><br><b>How many times you want</b>
<input type="text" name="number" Size = "30">
<br><br>
<?php
if($submit)
{
?>
<br>Select any of the following Function<br><br>
<select name = "FunctionMenu" Multiple>
<?php
foreach ($Function_Name as $Existing_Function)
print " <option value=\"$Existing_Function \">$Existing_Function</option>";
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit">
<input type="reset" value="Reset" name="Reset">

</form>
<?php
}

else
{
---do something---
}
?>

[intenz]

Try this...

<?PHP
$dowhat = 'foo';

if( !isset( $_POST['submit'] ) )
{
?>
        <form action="" method="post">
        How many times?<br>
        <input type="text" name="x" size="3">
        <br><br>
        <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="1">
        <input type="submit" name="z" value="Submit">
        </form>
<?PHP
}
else
{
        echo '<h3>Writing out ' . $dowhat . ' <u>' . $_POST['x'] . '</u> times.</h3>';

    for( $i = 1; $i <= $_POST['x']; $i++ )
    {
            echo $i . ': ' . $dowhat . '<br>';
    }
}
?>

[szms]

Thank you for your suggestion. But I think I could not make myself clear to you. I am going to tell you indetail about my plan or goal.

First of all user will be asked a number of rows. Suppose user choose 3. And then the memu will be appear onece and user will select one or more item from that menu and hit submit. Those items will be stored in one row of mysql data base table. Then the same menu will be apeared to the screen second time and user will do the same and it will go for 3rd time as user chose the number 3 at the begining.After that I will use those items for my next operation. Let me know if you understand my problem. Some code for the necessary steps will be appriciated. Thank you.

[HalfaBee]

You can either use sessions and keep track of the number of times it returns to the page that way.

Or use a hidden input field on your form decrementing the count every time.

HalfaBee

[szms]

just checkeing

[szms]

I tried the following code but I am not getting the output that I am looking for. I want one menu at a time and after pressing the submit button another menu (same one) will be appeared in the same place if user choose 2 as number. Plese give me some suggestion.

<?php 
if($submit != "submit" || $submit != "send")
{
print "<form action=\"index.php\" method=\"GET\">";
print "<p>Enter in the number of times below:</p>";
print "<input type=\"text\" name=\"number\" size=\"30\">";

print "<input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"send\">";
print "<input name=\"reset\" type=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">";
print "</form>";
}
if ($submit == "send")
{

$main_count = 1;
$months = array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July",
                    "August","September","October","November","December");
$number = $HTTP_GET_VARS["number"];                    

print "<form action=\"index.php\" method=\"GET\">";
while($main_count <= $number)
{
print "<select name=\"something\" value=\"$main_count\" multiple";
    for ($x_f=0; $x_f<=count($months); $x_f++)
    {
        print "\t<option value=\"$x_f\">".$months[$x_f-1]."\n";
        reset($months);
    }
    print "</select>";
    print "<br>";
$main_count++;
}
print "<input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"submit\">";
print "<input name=\"reset\" type=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">";
print "</form>";
}
if ($submit == "submit")
{
//you insert all of the data from the form element into the DB here
//make sure to use $HTTP_GET_VARS[""]; for you variables
   print "Hello World";
}
?>

[HalfaBee]

Ok here is my version of your code.
( a few things are there just to make it work with my config )

HalfaBee

<?php
extract( $_GET );

if( !isset($submit))// do this if no GET vars
{
    print "<form  method=\"GET\">";
    print "<p>Enter in the number of times below:</p>";
    print "<input type=\"text\" name=\"number\" size=\"30\">";

print "<input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"send\">";
print "<input name=\"reset\" type=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">";
print "</form>" ;
}
else
{
    if( $submit='submit' )
    {
         //you insert all of the data from the form element into the DB here
         //make sure to use $HTTP_GET_VARS[""]; for you variables
         print "Hello World";
    }

if( $number>0 )
{
    $months = array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July",
                "August","September","October","November","December");
    $number = $HTTP_GET_VARS["number"]-1;

    print "<form  method=\"GET\">";
    print "<select name=\"something\" value=\"$main_count\" multiple";
    for ($x_f=0; $x_f<=count($months); $x_f++)
    {
        print "\t<option value=\"$x_f\">".$months[$x_f-1]."\n";
    }
    print "</select>";
    print "<br>";

    PRINT "<input type='hidden' name='number' value=$number>";
    print "<input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"submit\">";
    print "<input name=\"reset\" type=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">";
    print "</form>";
}
else
{
    // do whatever happens after the number of forms has been filled
    header( "Location: [url]http://yoursite.com/thanks.php[/url]" );
}
}
?>

[szms]

<html>
<title>
Menu Test
</title>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function updateTextBox(selectObj, textBoxObj)
{
var index = selectObj.selectedIndex;
var selection = selectObj.options[index].text;
textBoxObj.value += selection + "\n";
}
// -->
</script>

<?php
extract( $_GET );

if( !isset($submit))// do this if no GET vars
{
    print "<form method=\"GET\">";
    print "<p>Enter in the number of times below:</p>";
    print "<input type=\"text\" name=\"number\" size=\"30\">";
    $menu_counter = 0;
    print "<input type='hidden' name='menu_counter' value=$menu_counter>";
    print "<input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"send\">";
    print "<input name=\"reset\" type=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">";
    print "</form>" ;
}
else
{
    /*if( $submit='submit' )
    {

    //you insert all of the data from the form element into the DB here
    //make sure to use $HTTP_GET_VARS[""]; for you variables
    print "Hello World";
} */
//$menu_counter = 0;

//print "<form name = \"myform\" action=\"CheckInsertedItems.php\" method=\"POST\">";

if( $number>0 )
   {
        $months = array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July",  "August","September","October","November","December");
        $number = $HTTP_GET_VARS["number"]-1;
        $menu_counter =$HTTP_GET_VARS["menu_counter"]+1;
        print "<form   method=\"GET\">";
        print "Select components for term $menu_counter<br>";
        //print "<select name=\"something\" value=\"$main_count\" multiple";
        //for ($i=0; $i<=count($months); $i++)
?>
        <select size="5" name="user_choice" onclick="updateTextBox(this, currentSelections)">
<?php
        foreach ($months as $Existing_Item)
        {
            //print "\t<option value=\"$i\">".$months[$i-1]."\n";
            print "<option value=\"$Existing_Item \">$Existing_Item</option>";
        }
        print "</select>";
        print "<br>";
?>

    <select size="5" name="user_choice" onclick="updateTextBox(this, currentSelections)">
    <?php
    foreach ($months as $Existing_Item)
    {
        //print "\t<option value=\"$i\">".$months[$i-1]."\n";
        print "<option value=\"$Existing_Item \">$Existing_Item</option>";
    }
    print "</select>";
    print "<br>";
    ?>


    <textarea name = 'currentSelections' readonly="readonly" rows = "3" cols = "20"></textarea>
    <br>
<?php

    print "<input type='hidden' name='number' value=$number>";
    print "<input type='hidden' name='menu_counter' value=$menu_counter>";
    print "<input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"submit\">";
    print "<input name=\"reset\" type=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">";
    print "</form>";
}
//print "</form>";
 else
{
    // do whatever happens after the number of forms has been filled

    print "<br>You choice are: <br>";
    $InputDomain = $currentSelections;

    $length = strlen($InputDomain);
    $i = 0;
    $counter = 1;
    while($i < $length)
    {
        if ($InputDomain[$i] == "\n")
        {
            $ArrayOfDomain[] =  trim($SelectedInputDomain);
            $OrderNo[] =  $counter;
            $val1 =  trim($SelectedInputDomain);
            $val2 = $counter;

?>
<!--
                <input type="hidden" name ="InputDomain[]"  VALUE = "<?php echo $val1;?>">
                <input type="hidden" name ="OrderNo[]"  VALUE = "<?php echo $val2;?>">
-->
<?php
                print "$val1 & $val2 <br>";
                $counter++;
                $SelectedInputDomain = NULL;
                $i++;
            }
            else
            {
               $SelectedInputDomain = "$SelectedInputDomain" . "$InputDomain[$i]";
               $i++;
            }
        }
    }
}
?>
</body>
</html>

[szms]

Thank you for your code. I modified that code little bit (please see the above posting) and trying to get the user selection after all menu has been shown to the user and when the selection is done. Could you please let me know how to get all those information. The way I did it just work for the last menu selection. I suppose I have to use some sort of array but don't know exactly how to do that. I will appriciate your suggestion. Thank you.

[szms]

Is there any one who has some suggestion regarding my problem. Thank you.