On Monday 27 January 2003 11:46 am, 1LT John W. Holmes wrote:
> > I've managed to get Windows IE to pick up on most of my $_SESSION
>
> variables
>
> > once a user clicks the 'Back' button using the following code in the base
> > form:
> >
> > 'value=<?php if(!empty($_SESSION['rfname'])) echo $_SESSION['rfname'];
> > ?>'
> >
> > However, when I try this approach for a muliple SELECT dropdown box that
>
> is
>
> > loaded by a 'require' statement, it doesn't pass the info. I've tried to
> > isolate the individual components:
> >
> > <?php require("dobdod.fdd");
> >
> > if(!empty($_PST['bday'])) echo $_POST['bday'];
> > if(!empty($_POST['bmonth'])) echo $_POST['bmonth'];
> > if(!empty($_POST['birth'])) echo $_POST['birth'];
> >
> > if(!empty($_POST['dday'])) echo $_POST['dday'];
> > if(!empty($_POST['dmonth'])) echo $_POST['dmonth'];
> > if(!empty($_POST['death'])) echo $_POST['death'];
> > ?>
> >
> > Btw, the base form calls another form, which displays an error message.
>
> Once
>
> > the 'Back' button is clicked, the base form reappears. [I've also tried
> > putting a <?php . . . ?> around each if(!empty . . .); statement above
>
> with
>
> > same result.]
> >
> > Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I've been at this one for a couple of
>
> weeks,
>
> > and nothing seems top work. Is it possible to pass the info back to the
>
> base
>
> > form?
>
> SELECT boxes work differently from text boxes. To set a select box to a
> certain value, you need to put SELECTED into the option tag, like:
>
> <option value="some_value" SELECTED>Text Value</option>
>
> So, you need to create some loop or test to see where you should put the
> SELECTED. For short lists, doing something like:
>
> <option value="some_value" <? if(isset($_SESSION['select']) &&
> $_SESSION['select'] == 'some_value') { echo " SELECTED"; }?>>Text
> Value</option>
>
> For larger lists, it's easier to put the values into an array and make a
> function that loops through and test each value for where to put the
> SELECTED text.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> ---John Holmes...Thanks John, Great to get your excellent advice again. I've been off-list for a few months. Never thought of doing the extra coding IN the require file! That's probably why it didn't work. I tried to pick up the values from $_POST (as above). In Linux, it works: (i.e. I can pick them up, display them, and manipulate them using the code above), but in IE something like $_POST['bday'] never shows up. Any idea why there's such a difference between OS behavior? Tia, Andre -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
