Sort dynamic list menu
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:21 am
Here is code for building a list from the database culumns. Not sure how to sort each column. I can get one sorted, but I want each list menu sorted.
Thanks again for the help.
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function dropdown($field, $table)
{
//initialize variables
$oHTML = '';
$result = '';
//check to see if the field is passed correctly
if (($field == "")||($table == ""))
{
die("No column or table specified to create drop down from!");
}
$sql = "select distinct($field) from $table";
//call the db function and run the query
$result = conn($sql);
//if no results are found to create a drop down return a textbox
if ((!$result) ||(mysql_num_rows($result)==0))
{
$oHTML .= "<input type='text' name='$field' value='' size='15'>";
}elseif (($result)&&(mysql_num_rows($result)>0)){
//build the select box out of the results
$oHTML .= "<select name='$field'>\n<option value='all'>All</option>\n";
while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$oHTML .= "<option value='".$rows[$field]."'>".$rows[$field]."</option>\n";
}
$oHTML .= "</select>\n";
}
//send the value back to the calling code
return $oHTML;
}//end function