price updater

talkster5

Hi there
I am trying to make a simple script to show a price of an item. What its doing is calculating the price from options in a form and then i need it to display in a text box as the user selects these options

This is what i have at the moment: www.hosting-4you.com/prices/cod_prices.php

This is a working one that i want it like:
http://www.clanselite.com/modules.php?name=CoD

if anyone has a script that can do this it would be great as i cannot work out a way to do it.

LordShryku

Their's is all being done in javascript. View the source, and use that code....

talkster5

isnt that classed as stealing?? and i wouldnt know which bits to use anyway

LordShryku

They're the people who put it in javascript. It's open for the public to view. So no, not really stealing. I didn't see any copyright on the code anyway. Besides, I'm not saying use it word for word. Use it as a reference. I wouldn't do this in javascript anyway, just because javascript can be turned off.

talkster5

hmm.. ok is there anyway to do it in php so that it works like that i know i could store it in a database then select it but that would mean it wouldnt update instantly wouldnt it??

parawizard

i can help you. I would say on that page its using java script to put the new price in.


onchange="call function for javascript here";

so basically an example of this would be


<html>

<head>
            <title> onchange - example </title>
</head>

<body>

<form>
<input type="text" onchange="alert('u changed value')";
</form>

</body>

</html>

in that example if u type anything into the box and press etner it will tell u it changed with an alert.

javascript wont work for everyone who visits your site tho. So maybe you want to go on a different root or use both methods. A different method would be making a calculating button that grabs the strings from the drop down menu and then caluculates that in PHP then outputs the price below.

hope this helps

talkster5

A different method would be making a calculating button that grabs the strings from the drop down menu and then caluculates that in PHP then outputs the price below.

would that be able to be done without refreshing the page?? because if it can thats would be the best option as i dont really understand javascript

parawizard

hmmmmm well i would say it would have to be refreshed when u hit the button. look post ur code and ill show you how the javascript fits in.

talkster5

<form name="form1" method="post" action="purchase.php">
          <div align="center">
            <table width="135" border="0">
              <tr>
                <td width="39">Type:</td>
                <td width="351"><select name="type" id="type">
                  <option selected>Public</option>
                  <option>Private</option>
                </select></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>Slots:</td>
                <td><select name="slots" id="slots">
                  <option selected>08 Man</option>
                  <option>12 Man</option>
                  <option>16 Man</option>
                  <option>20 Man</option>
                  <option>24 Man</option>
                  <option>28 Man</option>
                  <option>32 Man</option>
                                </select></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>Price:</td>
                <td><input name="textfield" type="text" size="8"></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Buy"></td>
              </tr>
            </table>

parawizard

are prices basically the same for each? are you going to be loading prices from database then making the select boxs?

i need a little more info

talkster5

well the prices are different but basically i need the price to be enter into the Price box without refreshing the page.

parawizard

Originally posted by talkster5
well the prices are different but basically i need the price to be enter into the Price box without refreshing the page.

yes but the design of the java script stuff is also based somewhat upon how you are loading the prices and what not.

talkster5

what do you mean?? like where is it going to get the prices from???

parawizard

Originally posted by talkster5
what do you mean?? like where is it going to get the prices from???

yeah

talkster5

well it could either use a database or just be in the script couldnt it?

$08man= $32
$12man= $37

or sumin like that but am not sure, what would be the easiest?

Weedpacket

There's an idea referenced on this page to get around the ugly refreshing.

parawizard

ok it only took me 4 hours but heres the code

this does not include pulling stuff out of the database. But if thats what your going to do I can make a link from PHP to java script if u want 🙂

<html>

<head>
  <title> price updater</title>
</head>

<body>

<script>

var price_for_players = new Array(7);
price_for_players[0]="1";
price_for_players[1]="2";
price_for_players[2]="3";
price_for_players[3]="4";
price_for_players[4]="5";
price_for_players[5]="6";
price_for_players[6]="7";

var price_for_type = new Array(2);
price_for_type[0] = "10";
price_for_type[1] = "20";




function changeprice(typeprice, playerprice)
{

var total = typeprice+playerprice;

document.form1.textfield.value = total;
}

</script>



<form name="form1" method="post" action="purchase.php">
          <div align="center">
            <table width="135" border="0">
              <tr>
                <td width="39">Type:</td>
                <td width="351"><select name="type" id="type" onchange="changeprice(price_for_type[document.form1.type.options.selectedIndex]-0, price_for_players[document.form1.slots.options.selectedIndex]-0);">
                  <option selected>Public</option>
                  <option>Private</option>
                </select></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>Slots:</td>
                <td><select name="slots" id="slots" onchange="changeprice(price_for_type[document.form1.type.options.selectedIndex]-0, price_for_players[document.form1.slots.options.selectedIndex]-0);">
                  <option selected>08 Man</option>
                  <option>12 Man</option>
                  <option>16 Man</option>
                  <option>20 Man</option>
                  <option>24 Man</option>
                  <option>28 Man</option>
                  <option>32 Man</option>
                                </select></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>Price:</td>
                <td><input name="textfield" type="text" size="8"></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Buy"></td>
              </tr>
            </table>

<script>

</script>

</body>

</html>

talkster5

ty so much ill try this now.

talkster5

wicked thx very much, 🙂

talkster5

one last thing though i noticed if you select public or private its a set ammount that it adds and i dont have any set price so is there a way to make it so that it has 2 sepearate price lists and if you select private it will select the seperate list with the private prices and when you have the public selected it used the other list and shows them this is the last problem.