deleting files from a drop drop

[mdesouza]

Hi all

need some help , I have got a drop drop list with a list of files, which the user can select to delete.
what i want to do is when the user select the relevant file, i want to call a delete.php script which deletes the file and redisplay the drop drop list without the file that the user selected for deletion

hope that makes sense , look around i found something like
onChange= location.href which i guess is a javascript function and which i can use to call a php script

anyone have any ideas how i can do that so is there a cleaner way to do the deletion

any help would be appreciated

Thks

Mike desouza

[nemonoman]

The method you describe is reasonable and typical of how these things get done in my experience. You might also put the dropdown in a form with a submit button. In either case, an "are you sure" javascript confirm box would be a nice touch...

[mdesouza]

thks nemonoman

would u say something like this would do it

ONCHANGE=\"location = top.bottom.location.href='delete.php'\">\n";

my problem is when the user select the file from the drop down how do i call a php script , would the code listed above do it

Thks

Mike

[nemonoman]

something like this:
http://www.webreference.com/javascript/960923/part01.html

calling <delete.php?deletefilename=myfilename >

or something similar

[mdesouza]

thks mate

I will have a look at it

Mike