[Resolved] Updating a page without moving away from it

Calahan

Is it possible to update a table when the user clicks the submit button without moving away from that page or is this something that only a Javascript can do?
To get a better idea of what I mean, paste the code below into Notepad, save it as a .htm file and open it in your browser. What I would like to do is to update the table with the info pulled from the user's selection in the combo box.
If this is somehow possible with PHP I would rather use that as that's what I'm currently trying to learn.

<p align="center"><strong><font size="+1">Please select your logon name
from the drop-down box below and click the Search button:</font></strong></p>
<form action="" method="post" name="form1">
<p align="center"><font size="+1">
<select size="1" name="username">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="name1">Name1</option>
<option value="name2">Name2</option>
<option value="name3">Name3</option>
<option value="name4">Name4</option>
<option value="name5">Name5</option>
<option value="name6">Name6</option>
</select>
</font> &nbsp; <input value="Search" type="submit" name="submit2"> </p>
<center>
<table width="13%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>Name:</strong></td>
<td>variable</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Telephone no:</strong></td>
<td>variable</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Room no:</strong></td>
<td>variable</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Site:</strong></td>
<td>variable</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</center>
</form>

bubblenut

Send it to itself then in the logic have a condition, something like

<?php
if($_POST['submit2']=='Submit') {
  //do the querying and get the data
}
?>

HTH
Bubble

batman

What Bubble said is correct. What you will want to do it something along these lines:

<p align="center"><strong><font size="+1">Please select your logon name 
from the drop-down box below and click the Search button:</font></strong></p> 
<form action="<? $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post" name="form1"> 
<p align="center"><font size="+1"> 
<select size="1" name="username"> 
<option value=""></option> 
<option value="name1">Name1</option> 
<option value="name2">Name2</option> 
<option value="name3">Name3</option> 
<option value="name4">Name4</option> 
<option value="name5">Name5</option> 
<option value="name6">Name6</option> 
</select> 
</font> &nbsp; <input value="Search" type="submit" name="search"> </p> 
<center> 

<?
$var = $_POST['search'];
$name = $_POST['username'];
if(isset($var))
{
//do whatever it is you want to after they hit search.
//then display it out below.
//e.g.

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table WHERE username='$name'");
$result = mysql_fetch_array($sql);
$name = $result['name'];
$number = $result['phone'];
$room = $result['room'];
$site = $result['site'];
}
?>

<table width="13%"> 
<tbody> 
<tr> 
<td><strong>Name:</strong></td> 
<td><?echo "$name";?></td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td><strong>Telephone no:</strong></td> 
<td><? echo "$number"; ?></td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td><strong>Room no:</strong></td> 
<td><? echo "room"; ?></td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td><strong>Site:</strong></td> 
<td><? echo "site"; ?></td> 
</tr> 
</tbody> 
</table> 
</center> 
</form>

Hope that is not confusing,