Storing Value then Displaying it somewhe

Anon

I got this idea from a page and have no idea whatsoever how to code it, dont know where to start, not even where to look for and learn it myself... So I'm posting here on this trusty boards 🙂

I have a page displaying rows of records from my database.

1) I need to add a field where a user can click on it (a link) and it will store the , say ID, of the field and remembers it (the specific row).

Multiple links can be clicked and they will all be stored in the 'clipboard' (something related to cookies?)

2) Then, upon calling to a page, it will show all the rows stored on the 'clipboard'

I would also like the stored values be kept in the 'clipboard' until the user clears the internet temp files.. ie, even if he closes the browser, the specific rows stored should always be there when a new browser is opened and accessd to the 'clipboard' page.

Furthermore, users can 'delete' a stored entry from the 'clipboard'..

This sounds to me to be related to 'cookies'..

Could someone help me out? Im not asking for someone to completely code this (not that I won't appreciate it if someone has the time...) Just an example or a direction, or even an URL to an article or something will be verr helpful 🙂

Thanks for your time.

craigh

OK-

1) enclose the entire display in FORM tags then put a checkbox next to each entry. Give the value of your checkbox a unique value (like maybe the ROW_ID). Set the FORM action to a PHP page that displays the selected rows AND

2) write a cookie with a REALLY LONG expiration time to the users computer (like a year or more). In the cookie, include the ID's selected. Since a cookie can only have one value, you will need to serialize the values somehow.

3) Deleting values from the "clipboard" (cookie) would simply mean rewriting the new values of the cookie.

4) Next time your user shows up, direct them to a page which will read the cookie values and decode your serialized value and then display the appropriate rows.

check out:
http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php

for more info.

-craig