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by auburn
Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:45 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Populating a list from a MySQL query
Replies: 12
Views: 818

Forgive my ignorance, I've only been using PHP for a week, but I still can't figure this out. I know I can load arrays in PHP at the top of the page, but I can't figure out how to use them as needed. How can I access the correct array in javascript?
by auburn
Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:21 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Populating a list from a MySQL query
Replies: 12
Views: 818

Okay, I understand now how I can use javascript to control the list displayed based on a specified value. Now how do I incorporate MySQL into the mix? In your example dethron, you hard-coded the possible lists in javascript, but the values in the lists I am using are dynamic. The data in both lists ...
by auburn
Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:59 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Populating a list from a MySQL query
Replies: 12
Views: 818

I don't know anything about DOM so that probably won't work for me. I suppose I could just have a Javascript function call the page again with a variable in the query string which PHP could use to populate the second list. I'd like to avoid reloads as much as possible though. If I pre-store the resu...
by auburn
Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:42 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Populating a list from a MySQL query
Replies: 12
Views: 818

Populating a list from a MySQL query

I am trying to populate one drop down list based on the contents of another list. When a user selects an item from the first list, I want to run a MySQL query based on the value of that item, then populate the second list from the results of the query. I realize that PHP is server-side, and that thi...