[RESOLVED] php form text elements with multiple options example

[Duke555]

I have been looking for an example on the web of
a form which contains corresponding to names of people and upon
selection of checkboxes a php script processes the request and updates/deletes
the names selected. so far i have not found anything like that.
just wanted to ask if anyone could point me in the right direction.
thank you 🙂

[dabaR]

Well, the user selects the checkbox in the browser. Then they either press a button to submit the form, or sometimes Javascript is used in what is commonly called AJAX to ,based on a browser event (e.g. clicking a checkbox), fire off a request to the server, and then the page is dynamically updated using javascript again. Here's an example...

You click a checkbox, and then the browser sends information, about which checkbox was checked, to the server, and the server then deletes a record in the database, and sends a success message back to the browser. The browser receives the message and displays a green bar on the top of the screen saying, this was deleted.

Good examples of that can be found in Gmail.

Let me know whether it is AJAX that you have in mind or just submitting a form.

I hope that helps!

Dan Bernardic
http://dan.bernardic.ca

[stephenmarshall]

alright mate i could help you out.

My details are on my site just add www. before my name and .eu after it

Speak to you soon

[ChadAyers]

@,

Someone else had a similar question on a multiple choice form and processing it through a PHP script. I have some example code I made for them that may point you in the right direction. It has a simple form with values that are submitted to a PHP script as the form action then echos at the result in the PHP.

http://www.chadayers.org/how-to-create-a-html-form-with-a-multiple-choice-drop-down-with-php-action/

• Chad
  www.ChadAyers.org

[stephenmarshall]

is that wordpress your using chad on your site ?

[ChadAyers]

@,

Yes it is.

[stephenmarshall]

you want me to Create you a Wordpress Theme.?

Just to the way you want it.

Do it for nothing i am willing to work along side you as i create it.

Just want something to add to my portfolio.

add me

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[ChadAyers]

@,

Thank you but I am actually happy with the basic look of the theme I am using now. However I am looking for someone to create a logo for a business I will be launching soon. I would be more than happy to provide a link to your site for a logo. If you are interested send me an email @ [URL="mailto:[e-mail]"][e-mail][/URL]

stephenmarshall;10954460 wrote:

you want me to Create you a Wordpress Theme.?

Just to the way you want it.

Do it for nothing i am willing to work along side you as i create it.

Just want something to add to my portfolio.

add me

[myname].eu

"@"
G
M
A
I
L .com

It dont matter you have artisteer - thats all i was gonna use. like

[Duke555]

thank you. 🙂
specifically i wanted to ask you where i can see an example where one can selected multiple entiries form one page and not just one entry at a time.

ChadAyers;10954451 wrote:

@,

Someone else had a similar question on a multiple choice form and processing it through a PHP script. I have some example code I made for them that may point you in the right direction. It has a simple form with values that are submitted to a PHP script as the form action then echos at the result in the PHP.

http://www.chadayers.org/how-to-create-a-html-form-with-a-multiple-choice-drop-down-with-php-action/

• Chad
  www.ChadAyers.org

[bradgrafelman]

Three things you'd need to change:

1. Add the multiple="multiple" attribute to your SELECT element

2. Change the name of the element to include square brackets at the end, e.g. name="foobar[]"

3. Process the incoming variable as an array rather than a string value, e.g.:

   foreach($_POST['foobar'] as $option) {
       // $option will be one of the values the user selected
   }

[ChadAyers]

Do you mean like this: http://code.chadayers.org/multiEmail2.html

HTML:

<html>
<body>
<form action="multiEmail2.php" method="post">
<select name="to">
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
</select>
<select name="name">
<option value="john">john</option>
<option value="mike">mike</option>
<option value="bob">bob</option>
<option value="luke">luke</option>
</select>
<input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

PHP:

<?
$to = $_POST['to'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
echo $to;
echo "<br>";
echo $name;
?>

Duke555;10954669 wrote:

thank you. 🙂
specifically i wanted to ask you where i can see an example where one can selected multiple entiries form one page and not just one entry at a time.

[ChadAyers]

If you wanted to you the SELECT MULTIPLE then:

http://code.chadayers.org/multiEmail3.html

HTML:

<html>
<body>
<form action="multiEmail3.php" method="post">
<select name="to[]" MULTIPLE SIZE="4">
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
</select>
<input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

PHP:

<?
foreach($_POST['to'] as $option) {
print_r($option);
echo "<br>";
}
?>

[Duke555]

got it thank you 🙂

[bradgrafelman]

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