Bjorn, I just wanted to thank you for giving me alot of insight into what I was trying to accomplish however, due to time restraints I have decided to do it a different way by pulling the entries into a select box that a customer can use to delete the different items. Once again, thanks a ton!!!! Jas
"Jas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Ok, I think I understand what you are talking about. So now I know what I > need to accomplish, and would you happen to know of a good place to learn > about something like this? For some reason this function keeps seeming to > elude me and if you know of a good tutorial on how to accomplish this I > would appreciate it. Thanks again, > Jas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > One problem I see is that you are sending all of the values for all of > your > > fields (except the id field) from the first page to the second page, not > just > > the ones that are checked, so even if it was working properly, you would > get > > a list of all items in the table, not just the checked items. You need to > > send the array of id's (since this is the name for the checkbox) from the > > first page to the second one (again in the checkbox form element, you did > not > > put a value on it). > > > > What your first page is currently doing is pulling all of the information > out > > of the database. Then as soon as you pull each item out, you are putting > it > > into an hidden form element array, ie. $car_type[], $car_model[], etc. > > regardless of whether the checkbox is checked or not to pass to the next > > page. You do not know if the checkbox is checked or not until the next > page > > when it looks at the values in the id array. On the second page, you need > to > > look at the id array and then (through a database call) pull the row from > the > > table for each id in the array. > > > > HTH > > > > MB > > > > jas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > $i=0; > > > while > > > ($car_type[$i],$car_model[$i],$car_year[$i],$car_price[$i],$car_vin[$i]) > { > > > $i ++; > > > } > > > Is what I added and this is what is being output to the screen at this > > > point... > > > =0; while (,,,,) { ++; } > > > now i am still too new to php to understand why it is not putting the > > > contents of the array into my hidden fields like it does on my first > page (i > > > can see them when I view source). > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > When you call your $car_type in the second page, you need to set a > > > variable > > > > starting at 0 and call it as $car_type[0] and loop through all of the > > > values > > > > in the array. > > > > > > > > ie. > > > > > > > > $i=0; > > > > while ($car_type[$i]) { > > > > > > > > I have added more code below that should help. > > > > > > > > MB > > > > > > > > > > > > jas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > > > > Yeah, tried that and it still isnt passing the contents of the array > as > > > a > > > > > varible to the confirmation page for deletion. I am at a loss on > this > > > one. > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > > You didn't add the value part of the hidden element, ie. > > > > > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_type\" > value=\"$myrow[car_type]\"> > > > > > > > > > > > > You were naming the field as an array with no value. > > > > > > > > > > > > if you want to pass this as an array of values, you would need to > use: > > > > > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_type[]\" > value=\"$myrow[car_type]\"> > > > > > > > > > > > > Give that a try and see if it works. > > > > > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > > > > > MB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > > > > > > > > As of right now if you run the php script and view source on the > > > page > > > > > you > > > > > > > can see that it does place the content of db table into array... > ex. > > > > > > > <B>Current Inventory</B></font><hr color="333333"></td></tr> > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="car_type[Ford]"> > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="car_model[Ranger]"> > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="car_year[1999]"> > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="car_price[5600]"> > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="car_vin[no vin]"> > > > > > > > <tr><td width="30%"><B>Type Of Car: > </B></td><td>Ford</td><td><input > > > > > > > type="checkbox" name="id[1]">remove</td></tr> > > > > > > > but on the following page (after selecting items to delete) it > just > > > > > displays > > > > > > > the word array for each field (i.e. car_type etc.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Jas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > > > > Oops... yeah its a monday. > > > > > > > > Bjorn, I reverted back to my original code because I was > getting > > > > > > > confused... > > > > > > > > Here is page one... > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > > > // Database connection paramaters > > > > > > > > require '../path/to/db.php'; > > > > > > > > // SQL statement to get current inventory > > > > > > > > $result = @mysql_query("SELECT * FROM cur_inv",$dbh) or > die("Could > > > not > > > > > > > > execute query, please try again later"); > > > > > > > > // Creating table to make data look pretty > > > > > > > > echo "<table border=\"0\" class=\"table-body\" > > > width=\"100%\"><form > > > > > > > > name=\"rem_inv\" method=\"post\" action=\"rem_conf.php3\"> > > > > > > > > <tr><td align=\"center\" colspan=\"3\"><font > size=\"4\"><B>Current > > > > > > > > Inventory</B></font><hr color=\"333333\"></td></tr>"; > > > > > > > > // Start to count number of records in selected table and loop > > > until > > > > > done > > > > > > > > $count = -1; > > > > > > > > while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > > > > > > > > $count ++; > > > > > > > > // Begin placing them into an hidden fields and then array > > > > > > > > echo " > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" > NAME=\"car_type[".$myrow[car_type]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" > NAME=\"car_model[".$myrow[car_model]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" > NAME=\"car_year[".$myrow[car_year]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" > NAME=\"car_price[".$myrow[car_price]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_vin[".$myrow[car_vin]."]\"> > > > > > > > > // Place items on separate cells in html table > > > > > > > > <tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Type Of Car: </B></td><td>"; > > > > > > > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_type")); > > > > > > > > // Create checkbox so user can delete items if needed > > > > > > > > echo "</td><td><input type=\"checkbox\" > > > > > > > > name=\"id[".$myrow[id]."]\">remove</td></tr>\n"; > > > > > > > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Model Of Car: </B></td><td>"; > > > > > > > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_model")); > > > > > > > > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > > > > > > > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Year Of Car: </B></td><td>"; > > > > > > > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_year")); > > > > > > > > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > > > > > > > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Price Of Car: </B></td><td>$"; > > > > > > > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_price")); > > > > > > > > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > > > > > > > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>VIN Of Car: </B></td><td>"; > > > > > > > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_vin")); > > > > > > > > echo "</td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><hr > > > > > color=\"333333\"></td></tr>\n"; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > // End loop and print the infamous delete button > > > > > > > > echo "<tr><td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"delete\" > > > > > > > > value=\"delete\"></td></tr></form></table>"; > > > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > Here is page two... > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > > > print(" > > > > > > > > <table border=\"0\" class=\"table-body\" width=\"100%\"> > > > > > > > > <form name=\"rem_inv\" method=\"post\" action=\"done2.php3\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" > NAME=\"car_type[".$myrow[car_type]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" > NAME=\"car_model[".$myrow[car_model]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" > NAME=\"car_year[".$myrow[car_year]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" > NAME=\"car_price[".$myrow[car_price]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_vin[".$myrow[car_vin]."]\"> > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > > > <td align=\"center\" colspan=\"3\"><font > size=\"4\"><B>Confirm > > > > > Record > > > > > > > > Deletion</B></font><hr color=\"333333\"></td> > > > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > Here is where above loop code would go and $car_type, $car_model, etc. > > > would > > > > be called as $car_type[$i], $car_model[$i], etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>Type Of Car: </B></td> > > > > > > > > <td>$car_type</td> // here is where it prints the word > "array" > > > > > instead of > > > > > > > > type of car > > > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>Model Of Car: </B></td> > > > > > > > > <td>$car_model</td> > > > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>Year Of Car: </B></td> > > > > > > > > <td>$car_year</td> > > > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>Price Of Car: </B></td> > > > > > > > > <td>$car_price</td> > > > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>VIN Of Car: </B></td> > > > > > > > > <td>$car_vin</td> > > > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > increment $i and > > > > end loop > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > > > <td colspan=\"3\"><hr color=\"333333\"></td> > > > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > > > <td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"delete\" > > > value=\"delete\"></td> > > > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > </form> > > > > > > > > </table>"); > > > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > > > > > Let's see what your code looks like now and where it is > > > returning > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > word "array". That might help determine where the problem > lies > > > now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok to this point I have been able to query a database > table, > > > > > display > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > results in tables and within a form. As of yet I have > been > > > able > > > > > to > > > > > > > > insert > > > > > > > > > > the contents of the db query into an array for further > > > processing. > > > > > > > > However, > > > > > > > > > > when I try to pass the contents of that array on to > another > > > page > > > > > to > > > > > > > > delete > > > > > > > > > > selected records from the db it only displays the word > > > "array". > > > > > Not > > > > > > > > quite > > > > > > > > > > sure where I need to go from here... Any insight would be > a > > > great > > > > > > > help. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > > > > > Jas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
