Re: [PHP] dynamic forms
If you have their ID when you generate the HTML FORM, there is no need for anything as exotic as Ajax... //get their $ID //query the DB using $ID to get $whatever echo "", htmlentities($whatever), ""; If you don't know their ID until the interact with other form elements, then, yeah, go with Ajax... But it would be pretty odd authentication mechanism that a front-end form would "know" my ID correctly and safely with no server-side interaction! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] dynamic forms
[snip] I would like to create a from that will pull and display information based on a user's ID from a postgresql database into a textarea on the form, before the submit button is clicked. Are there some tutorials on how to use PHP to dynamically display information on a form as the form is being filled out? [/snip] Google for Ajax -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] dynamic forms
I would like to create a from that will pull and display information based on a user's ID from a postgresql database into a textarea on the form, before the submit button is clicked. Are there some tutorials on how to use PHP to dynamically display information on a form as the form is being filled out? Thanks Marc
Re: [PHP] Dynamic Forms
On Friday, January 16, 2004, at 02:15 AM, Robert Temple wrote:
Can anyone suggest a PHP solution to creating a form that gets built
after a client enters a variable? For example: an automobile insurance
form that first asks how many cars you have, and then creates a form
with fields for car 1, car 2, etc.
I have found JavaScript code that will do this, but I would rather use
a server side language like PHP for more consistency and browser
compatibility.
step1.php
---
How many cars do you own?
---
step2.php
---
$i=0;
while($i < $_POST['numberOfCars'])
{
$i++;
echo "car number {$i}";
echo "Make ";
echo "Model ";
echo "";
}
?>
---
This will produce an array of cars ($car[1] to $car[n]), each of which
is an array of two elements make and model. Haven't done any work with
arrays? Now is a good time :)
step3.php
---
---
This code is there just to show you the array structure... you'd change
it to ad items to a database, etc.
Example output:
---
Array
(
[car] => Array
(
[1] => Array
(
["make"] => datsun
["model"] => 1600
)
[2] => Array
(
["make"] => toyota
["model"] => corolla
)
[3] => Array
(
["make"] => honda
["model"] => civic
)
)
)
---
Good luck :)
Justin
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Re: [PHP] Dynamic Forms
Matt Matijevich wrote:
[snip]
Can anyone suggest a PHP solution to creating a form that gets built
after a client enters a variable?
[/snip]
php runs on your server so to build the forms based on a user entered
form field, the form has to be submitted, so you would have to use
javascript to automatically submit the form or have the user push a
submit button to susbmit the form so php can do its thing.
I don't have a solution or tutorial per se'... Google might. Here is a
small example of a self processing form, if it helps.
";
} elseif((!empty($_POST['var01'])) || (!empty($_POST['var02']))) {
$form = "
";
} else {
$form = "$_POST[var01]
$_POST[var02]"; }
echo $form;
?>
Jas
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Re: [PHP] Dynamic Forms
[snip] Can anyone suggest a PHP solution to creating a form that gets built after a client enters a variable? [/snip] php runs on your server so to build the forms based on a user entered form field, the form has to be submitted, so you would have to use javascript to automatically submit the form or have the user push a submit button to susbmit the form so php can do its thing. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Dynamic Forms
Can anyone suggest a PHP solution to creating a form that gets built after a client enters a variable? For example: an automobile insurance form that first asks how many cars you have, and then creates a form with fields for car 1, car 2, etc. I have found JavaScript code that will do this, but I would rather use a server side language like PHP for more consistency and browser compatibility. Any help would be appreciated! - Robert -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
