Pretty clueless

OdinSaysFold

OK so as the title indicates, at the moment, I am pretty clueless on how I should go about accomplishing what I need to do...

I have tried a variety of things and do not get the desired results. For starters, I am actually unsure of rather I should be using PHP or just javascript or perhaps a mix of both (like what I was doing by using onChange events with some PHP "if statements"). I will try to explain as best as possible with attaching some visual reference to better clarify:

I want to be able to generate some subsequent drop-downs on a form based on an initial selection from the first drop-down. So I would start with a single drop down (box1.jpg) then select an option from the menu. If I were to select Cookies then I would see what is shown in box2.jpg.

However, if I were to select Cupcakes then I would instead display what is seen in box3.jpg.

To take it even a step further I'd like there to be a button or link below the drop-downs to add another line. It is not necessary that it initially be displayed only upon a selection being made from all the preceding drop-downs but that would be even more preferable than simply having the functionality. So something like what I am showing in box4.jpg.

Then after the button was clicked there would be another drop-down the same as the first one in its' initial state (with or without a following button to add yet another line, depending on how I can get it to show up) like seen in box5.jpg.

If anyone could maybe get me pointed in the right direction I'd be very appreciative!!!

NogDog

The main thing to remember is that JavaScript runs on the browser after it receives the page data from the server, while PHP runs on the server before the page data is sent to the browser. If you want to "mix" the two together, you'll need to do some sort of AJAX implementation, where the JavaScript on the browser side makes HTTP calls to PHP scripts on the server side, so you would need separate PHP scripts (or at least logic within the same script to detect what needs to be done based on the request data) for each separate AJAX request.

If this sounds like what you need, I would recommend searching for some AJAX/PHP tutorials, and perhaps consider using jQuery or a similar JavaScript-based framework to help deal with the details.