help needed

[chinna]

i hv to create a form for online exam.
i hv a table called question which has questions for diff sections of tests quantitative,analytical ,english and technical.
the fields in the table are:id, level, section, quest, opt1, opt2, opt3, opt4, ans
id-quest id,
level-level of difficulty (easy,medium and hard)
section-quantitative,analytical ,english and technical
quest-the question,
opt- various option and ans-the correct answer.

in my form 10 questions hv to randomly displayed with the 4 options havin radio buttons.
every 10 sec the question will change.(i hv used meta refresh tag for this)
the form wil hv 2 buttons confirm and next. on pressing confirm the ans wil be verified and score will be updated while on pressin next next question will be displayed. after 10 questions for a section next set of ques for diff section shud be displayed.

MY PROB
1. i am not able to get the logic of combining the refresh with next button by keepin the count of quest.
2.whn i use for the same question is bein displayed 10 times instead of 10 diff questions being displayed.

[WDPEjoe]

First, you will probably find that you'll get faster and better responses if you use at least semi-proper English (this is not AIM).

Second, it's hard to diagnose a problem without seeing the code from which it comes. So, post it.

[big_nerd]

chinna,

1) instead of using a meta refresh, you can use a javascript to submit the form after 10 seconds

<form name="myForm">
<!-- your test form data here -->
</form>

<script language="JavaScript"><!--

setTimeout('document.myForm.submit()',10000);
//--></script>

You can also look at the thread [thread=10338069]Here[/thread].

It displays a Random Image from an array (taken in from an INI file) that does not repeat.

You can easily modify it to handle your questions.

<?php
// Origionally Compliments of KevinMG on phpbuilder.com/board/ at 
//http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10329337
// Modified by big.nerd to work with images :)

function showImage($numpics = 2) { 

$ini_file = 'images.ini'; 
# read the config file into an array or die trying 
$images = @parse_ini_file($ini_file,true); 
if (! $images) { 
  die('cannot read ini file'); 
} 

$usedpics = array(); 
for ($i = 0; $i < $numpics; $i++) { 
    $img = array_rand($images); 
    while(in_array($img,$usedpics)) { 
        $img = array_rand($images); 
    } 
    $usedpics[$i] = $img; 

    # get the selected image's css id if one exists 
    $id = $images[$img]['id'] ? 
      sprintf( ' id="%s" ', $images[$img]['id'] ) : 
      ''; 
    # get selected image's dimensions 
    $size = @getimagesize( $images[$img]['src'] ); 
    # if an url was specified, output the opening A HREF tag 
    if ( $images[$img]['url'] ) { 
      printf( 
        '<a href="%s" title="%s" target="blank">', 
        $images[$img]['url'], 
        $images[$img]['title'] 
      ); 
    } 
    # output the IMG tag 
    printf( 
      '<img src="%s" alt="%s" %s %s%s/ border="0">', 
      $images[$img]['src'], 
      $images[$img]['alt'], 
      $size[3], 
      $id, 
      $class 
    ); 
    # if an url was specified, output the closing A HREF tag 
    if ( $images[$img]['url'] ) { 
      echo('</a>'); 
    } 
}      
} 

showImage(5); // Show 5 Pictures 

?> 

This script will select a number of images (passed by a parameter) or assume 2 images if no parameter displayed.

They will not repeat (unless the page is refreshed).

Since you will be working across a number of pages, I would recommend using sessions to store $usedpics (or the used questions in your case) across the board so they won't repeat on the next page.

Good Luck