Change Page Content?

[stevegee]

Hi...
I'm new here and to PHP... with the exception of modifying it in stuff I've seen.

I want to make a page that has a dropdown menu with 13 options on it and when one of the various options are chosen, make it change the information below to the corrresponding information to that option.

Can anyone help my figure outhwo to do this?

thx inadvance.
Steve

[kakki]

<form action="zzzzz" name="mySelectForm">
<select name="mySelect" onChange="document.mySelectForm.submit();">
<!-- the php part changes the default-values to the one you choose before -->
<option value="xxx"<?php if ( $_REQUEST[ 'mySelect' ] == 'xxx' ){ echo ' selected'; ?>>XXX</option>
<option value="aaa"<?php if ( $_REQUEST[ 'mySelect' ] == 'aaa' ){ echo ' selected'; ?>>AAA</option>
</select>
</form>
<?php
// print your stuff here,
// the selected value is in $_REQUEST[ 'mySelect' ]
?>

[stevegee]

Hey Kakki-
THanks for the code... but as I wrote, I don' tknow the stuff too well... any chance you can breeak it down for me and let me know what is what and what I need to change, etc?
thansk,
Steve

[kakki]

<!-- change "zzzz" to the url of the code, like "index.php" -->
<form action="zzzzz" name="mySelectForm">

<!-- this is the select-box with some additional javascript, to have it submit
the form, whenever you make changes to the value -> NO NEED 2 CHANGE -->
<select name="mySelect" onChange="document.mySelectForm.submit();">

<!-- the php part changes the default-values to the one you choose before -->

<!-- here are 2 options, 
       "XXX" is the name( capital letters )
       "xxx" its value, CHANGE THAT TO FIT YOUR PROBLEM(13items) -->
<option value="xxx"<?php if ( $_REQUEST[ 'mySelect' ] == 'xxx' ){ echo ' selected'; ?>>XXX</option>
<option value="aaa"<?php if ( $_REQUEST[ 'mySelect' ] == 'aaa' ){ echo ' selected'; ?>>AAA</option>

</select>
</form>
<?php
// print your stuff here,
// the selected value is in $_REQUEST[ 'mySelect' ]
?>