PHP :: Dynamic Form

Dynamic Form Fields/multiple Page Form?
It is for a friends out of print booksite, where visitors can request multiple books to be searched by adding one at a time to a cart (javascript), then once all added they submit to another form where they enter their personal details and all is sent through. The problem is at the moment they cannot change whats in the cart without refreshing the browser window and losing everything.

1) present for asking how many books they want to search for
2) display multiple rows of the same input fields depending on how many books they say they want to have searched for?i.e

title|author|publisher|etc
title|author|publisher|etc
title|author|publisher|etc

3) when these are submitted they could see these above the next part of the form where they enter their details with the option to go back and delete/amend.
4) send all the info to my colleague.

if so has anyone seen a similar script that I could take a look @ to see if I can hack it to suit my needs?

Dynamic Form
I need to create a form that takes a number that the user enters, and
duplicates a question the number of times the user entered. For
instance, if the customer enters 5 on the first page, when they press
next the form generates "How old are you?" 5 times on the page. The
customer will answer all 5 questions then press next. Finally, all the
local variables get dynamically created and written to a database.

I have already taken care of dynamically creating the question five
times. Using a simple WHILE clause, this generates the correct number
of questions. What I am having an issue with at this point, is how to
dynamically create the local variables.For instance, for the question
"How old are you?" I would need a unique variable for each instance;
using something like $Age(n). So that for five times, it would
automatically created variables $Age1 through $Age5. I have carried
over the number to the submit page by creating the variable $Number
and passing it along as hidden button on the form. $Age'$Number'
seemed to work for creating the variable, but $_post["Age'$Number'"]
doesn't work for referencing the global variable. I would need some
way of looping through and dynamically creating the variables.

Dynamic Form
I had to make a form for someone, with 42 questions each question had different form-elements. I was typing and coding for almost 3 hours..!! lets say we would make a form (formmaker.php) to dynamicly create a form with multiple questions: on the formmaker :

-first we have to enter the number of questions (max 100)
-then we have to type the question(s) in (an) input field(s)
-then we would have to select a type of answering field (textbox, checkbox, radiobuttons, file, dropdown etc. )

-it would be nice if we could select to make the question mandatory or not.
-if we choose for checkboxes or radiobuttons , it would be nice to know how much of them (no limits here !) ok..limit it to 30

-when we have selected...for example..15 checkboxes, they have to dynamicly appear on the formmaker.
-for each checkbox or radiobutton, we have to enter a value.
-finaly we have to add an email adres to each question !!! (and a BCC field) (this way, we can use one form and split and send the data to multiple recipients..!!)

-also we have to be able to dissable or enable a question. (if dissabled, it wont show on the created form..

A nice template to show a filled in form is preferable.. It would be nice to store everything in a database tabel. (for each new form a new tabel in the database) question1 id active(yes/no) questiontext fieldtype mandatory(yes/no) radio_or_checkboxvalue1(rocv1) rocv2 rocv3 rocv4 rocv5 etc.... sendto_email bcc_email
I started with the code already...here it is: Code:

Dynamic Form Value Modification
I was wondering if and then how to dynamically update form variables without having move between webpages

I am developing a print quoting system for a company and I want the options in list boxes to adapt based on the values of previous selection in the form. However it must happen immediatly without the whole page having to refresh.

For example if a person chooses paper size to be A4 then the next drop down list must only have options available for A4 pages.

I thought I would need to use Javascript for this but I can't find out how to access the server side mysql database so I get the feeling Javascript is the wrong option.

The whole site is programmed in php but php is server side so I don't don't think its possible using php specifically.

Dynamic Form Selects
How do you make dynamic for selects in php? It is in regards to a modify type scripts im writing in php/mysql.

So regular select drop downs look like so:

<select name=genericselect>
<option value="1" selected>1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>

right, well if I was pulling info from a database, how would I make is so that the 'selected' value is dynamic and comes from the database? Im sure theres a simple way of doing this.

Getting Info Out Of Dynamic Form
I am using the following code to produce a dynamic form.

$result = mysql_query("SELECT id,weight,date FROM weekly_data WHERE
weight IS NULL AND subscr_id = '$toss' AND date <= now()");
if (!$result) {
die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());
}
print"<table width=ï`%' id='catchup' border=Ɔ' cellspacing=Ɔ'
cellpadding=Ɔ'>";
print "<form name='form1' id='form1' method='post'
action='catchupprocess.php'>";
print"<tr>";
print"<td></td>";
print"<td>Weight</td>";
print"<td>Date</td>";
print"<td>Waist</td>";
print"<td>Measure</td>";
print"<td></td>";
print"</tr>";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result)){
//echo $result;
print"<tr>";
print"<td>";
print"<input name='".$row['id']."' size=Ɗ' type='text'
value='".$row['id']."'/>";
print"</td><td>";
print"<input type='text' size=ƌ' name='weight".$row['id']."'
value=''/>";
print"</td><td>";
print"<input type='text' size=ཆ' value='".$row['date']."'/>";
print"</td><td>";
print"<input type='text' size=Ɖ' name='waist".$row['id']."'
value=''/>";
print"</td><td>";
print"<input type='text' size=ƌ' value='$measure'/>";
print"</td><td>";
print"<input type='hidden' size=ཆ' value=''/>";
print"</td>";
print"</tr>";
}
print"<tr>";
print"<td> </td>";
print"<td><input name='Reset' type='reset' value='Reset'></td>";
print"<td> </td>";
print"<td><input name='submitcatchup' type='submit'
value='Submit'></td>";
print"<td> </td>";
print"</tr>";
print"</form>";
print"</table>";
?>

Form With Dynamic Questions
I've a mysql table where i stored a list of questions. My php script
executes a query which yields a different number of questions every time; i
used the loop function to create an input field for each question in the
form; and dynamically referencing each input name with the question number
i.e. question 1 is called q1, question 2 named q2, and so on.
The data is submitted using POST. I then try to retrieve all the answers by
doing a loop and using something like echo '$_POST['q'.$n.'']' except the
syntax doesnt seem to work.

Dynamic Form Update
I have the following form in which i need to updateitems.
The problem is that i do not know how many elements will be in the form
(generated dynamically)

eg
<input type = "hidden" name ="id1" value="1"><input type ="qty1" value ="1">
<input type = "hidden" name ="id2" value="2"><input type ="qty2" value ="1">
<input type = "hidden" name ="id3" value="3"><input type ="qty3" value ="5">
<input type = "hidden" name ="idn" value="n"><input type ="qtyn" value ="1">

how do i generate an array for a foreach loop to update the values in PHP
so that i can use it to create a Update query
eg
///begin loop
$sql = "UPDATE `table` SET `qty` = `$qtyn` WHERE `id` = `$idn`";
// end loop

Dynamic Form Items
I am trying to create A form that its fields will depend on a
form menu.
for example.
/***********************************************/
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
<select name="select">
<option value="1">option 1</option>
<option value="2">option 2</option>
<option value="3">option 3</option>
</select>

Text field 1<input type="text" name="textfield">
Text Field 2<input type="text" name="textfield2">
Text Field 3 <input type="text" name="textfield3">
Text Field 4 <input type="text" name="textfield4">

<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
/***********************************************/
When the option 1 is selected only the textfields 1 and 2 to appear,
when option 2 is selected only textfields 1 and 3 to appear and so on... any
combination I would like.

I tried puting the textfields in "if" statments but i don't like it. its too
messy PHP and HTML code.
Any Ideas of how this could be done better ? If someone did something
similar before and has a relative link it would be good as well.

Dynamic Form Pulldown
I'm building a form and need to have the options in a pulldown menu pulled from a mysql database, i understand the basics of sql and have used forms before, i just need to see an example to get me on my way.

Dynamic Form Processing
Im writing a script for processing a form created by a csv file. this form is created through a loop, where $num is the place in the loop. Code:

Dynamic Form Fields
I want to have it setup so when the user clicks this link a value is sent via get and that value is put through a for loop to generate an additional form field: Code:

Dynamic Form And $_REQUEST
My current project needs to run on both windows and linux. I figured out that windows needs $_REQUEST to read the form elements. This worked well until parsing a dynamically built form with checkboxes named: cb0, cb1, cb2, etc.

I can't figure out how I can use $_REQUEST to read the form elements, when I try $_REQUEST[$i] for example all values of the array elements are 'cc'. No idea where this comes from as cc is never used as a value?

Form Field Dynamic Population And PHP
I have a form that dynamically generates a drop down from a table column called suppliers.

Products supplied by each supplier vary so what I want to try and achieve is that once a supplier has been selected a second drop down on the same page is populated with data from the same table / different column with that suppliers products.
(I am trying to avoid refreshing the page)

I have not supplied any code at this stage as I am not sure whether PHP is capable of doing this by itself or whether javascript would need to be incorporated.

POST Form To Dynamic Page Name
I've got a simple form with an HTML OPTION block. I'd like to POST the
form to a page whose name is based on the OPTION they select.

So for example say the user selected this option, I'd like to POST the
form to a page named "memory.php".

echo "<option value="memory">Memory Utilization</option>";

Reset Dynamic Search Form
i have a search form that has a set of checkboxes and a set of select boxes. the checkboxes correspond to a select box and activates the select box once checked. when i submit the search form to display the results on the same page, the elements are echoed back into the form so the user can see what search criteria he/she search for: Code:

Identifying Dynamic Form Fields
User goes to page which is a form that asks for some basic info regarding returning products for credit/exchange, and also asks for how many products are going to be returned. Upon submitting, a return authorization form is presented to them with the specified number of product fields. I now want to take the input from this form and email it to myself, as well as, display a confirmation page to the user. The problem I have is a can't say, for instance, echo "$field_name"; because field_name will get created dynamically after the user specifies how many products to return. For example, say the user says 5 products, this will generate a form with field names like:

return_code0 inv_num0 qty0 product0 cre_exch0 stockout0
return_code1 inv_num1 qty1 product1 cre_exch1 stockout1
return_code2 inv_num2 qty2 product2 cre_exch2 stockout2 and so on....

These get created with a for() loop. Once this form is submitted, how can I address the field names? Code:

Dynamic JS Form And $_POST Array
I have a form that I am altering after page load with javascript. Basically I have a button that inserts another text field into the form which the user can fill out. Its for a calendar, and I'm allowing them to optionally add multiple days for an event. Each box that is created has the same name with [] on the end to make it an array.

When I view the post array with print_r($_POST), only the first textbox's value shows up. This is the only textbox in the form when the page loads.
Simplified example:

<form name="calform" action="process.php" method="post">
<input name="startday[]" type="text" class="bordered" size="25" />
<input type="button" onclick="add_one_more()" value="Add another date" />

// if the user hits the add button it adds this input field after pageload

<input name="startday[]" type="text" class="bordered" size="25" />

</form>
And here's what I'd get from that form

Array
(
[startday] => Array
(
[0] => test1
))

A button inside the form basically adds another <input> tag between the <form> tags. Why isn't PHP seeing the data?

Dynamic Form Option List
I want to create a dynamic drop down option list in a form, but I just can't wrap my head around this.

Both of the below scripts work as intended, but how do I make the mySql query results work with my existing script? Yes, I know I must replace the "$options = array" part in the top piece of code, but I need a little more guidance than that. Code:

Dynamic Form - How To Set Values Of A List
I have a form with a list/menu in it that is populated with records from a database. The items in list#2 are based upon what is selected in list#1.

I have been able to use a combination of php and javascript to get it to work, but the javascript reloads the page to get list #2 to refresh - and that clears out any other fields that have been filled in. Instead of javascript being called for the 'onchange' event for list #1, I'd rather it call php when list#1 is changed and so reset the values in list#2.

OPTIONS:
1. I thought I could have a php function that is called (i.e. onchange="<?php reload();?>" but I can't figure out how to set the values of the list from within the php function. How to reference form objects with php?

How To Process Dynamic Form Field Names
Let me start by saying I don't have a lot of PHP experience, and am just starting to fumble my way around some of this stuff... I'm sure this has been asked a number of times, but after 2 days of searching the internet, I just haven't found a solution that makes sense, so I am hoping someone here can help me.

I have a pretty simple project schedule sort of web page that lists a number of tasks & 4 dates associated with each task. (planned start, planned complete, actual start, actual complete.

The page is built dynamically based on what is in a mysql database, and the dates listed are form fields, with the intent that a person with access can change any number of these dates.

Each task has an id associated with it, so when i build the form, I name the form field <task_id>-<date type>. so, for example, for task id = 10 I have 4 related form fields:

10-planned_start
10-planned_complete
10-actual_start
10-actual_complete

This basic pattern is repeated for all the tasks (up to 100 right now, but it could grow slightly).

Once all the form fields have been updated, and the user clicks submit I want to update the data in the database with the appropriate data.

So, my questions is:

1) How can I process this form, when I don't know what the names of the fields are going to be, and/or how many fields there are?

2) Is there a good way to identify only those fields that have changed and do updates on only those fields, or am I "stuck" updating all the records, even those where the dates have not changed from when the form was built?

How To Get A Dynamic Javacript Form Variables Seperated In PHP
PROBLEM: I have this form that allows the user to dynamically create
additional fields (see javascript code bellow). I am trying to retrieve
the values entered into these fields from my php script. I ultimatly
need to pick out the variables and place the values into my php script
page. I have worked with a little code I found on php.net (see php code
below), but I wan unable to grasp the knowledge on how to seperate the
variables in the address bar. Please reply.

QUESTION: How do I create variables in my php script from my dynamic
javascript form?

PHP CODE:
foreach($_GET as $name => $value) {
print "$name : $value<br>";
}

JAVASCRIPT CODE:
<HEAD>
<!-- Begin
function createForm(number) {
data = "";
inter = "'";
if (number < 16 && number > -1) {
for (i=1; i <= number; i++) {
if (i < 10) spaces=" ";
else spaces=" ";
data = data + "URL " + i + " :" + spaces
+ "<input type='text' size=10 name=" + inter
+ "url" + i + inter + "'><br>";
}
if (document.layers) {
document.layers.cust.document.write(data);
document.layers.cust.document.close();
}
else {
if (document.all) {
cust.innerHTML = data;
}
}
}
else {
window.alert("Please select up to 15 entries.");
}
}

Dynamic Form Option Diapearing On Submit
when i submit one option field after inserting a option value and an amount the previous one i had done disappears causing me lose all the information that i had typed in and i was wondering how i could keep the information alive as well as keep the newly created form fields from diapearing, PHP Code:

Update A Ststic HTML Form To Dynamic
I have a form which I now want to be more dynamic. The datbase tables are builtbut I cannot get the fields to populate.

When a member selects an age group from the first select statement and the dates that age group are scheduled to play a match are displayed in a second select statement. When both select ions have been made the rest of the form is displayed and can be filled in and the database updated. Code:

Dynamic Fill Form Fields Depending On Dropdown Box
This question has probably already been asked, but let me ask again

I have a mysql database to which I connect with my php scripts. The
database contains articles. Name, Unit_Price and Reference

Now my client needs to order 5 items, click a button and a table with 5
lines and 3 columns appears (until now easy)

In the first column is a drop down box with a <select > and <options> in
which I store all possible names.

I would like than whenever the client changes one of the boxes (in my
case there are 5) the Unite_Price column and Reference column in the
line he just choose get automatically updated

Dynamic Dropdown And Hardcode Dropdown In Select Form
I have plenty of examples of dynamic dropdown choices but none of hardcoded dropdown choices. The ultimate goal is to have a job with various tasks and to track the status of those tasks for a given job. I've used one of the tutorials here to begin the process. Below is the code I have to add work on a given task. Perhaps I actually need to "Update" a job as opposed to "add".

But the problem of the moment is I can't seem to hardcode one set of my options. This is the code I have: PHP Code:

Server-Side Form Submission - Form Submits To Form, Which Autosubmits. BAD!
I have a php form from which the user fills out their name and address and clicks "Submit".

The form goes to a page that stores the data in a mySQL database, then, using hidden fields, populates another form and actives with a javascript onLoad=submit() to send the information on to the final destination.

I cannot control or edit the final destinations web page, which is why the interim page is needed.

What I would like is for the user to fill out the form, and upon submission have the data recorded into the database and have the data passed on in a "form like way" on to the final destination BY THE SERVER, not by the use of a hidden form page that auto submits.

Any suggestions?

Here is the interim page's code below:

<?
$link = @mysql_connect($db_host_name, $db_name, $the_decoded_password) or die;
@mysql_select_db($db_name) or die;

$query = "INSERT INTO web_link VALUES ('', '$a', '$b', '$c','$d', '$e', '$f', '$g', '$h')";
$result = @mysql_query($query) or die;
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body onLoad="document.contactme.submit();">
<form name="contactme" method="post" action="http://www.test.com/cgi/storethisdata" >
print "<input type="hidden" name="first_name" value="$first_name"><br>";
print "<input type="hidden" name="last_name" value="$last_name"><br>";
print "<input type="hidden" name="email" value="$email"><p>";
print "<input type="hidden" name="phone" value="$phone"><p>";
?>
</form>
</body>

</html>

Dynamic Nav Bar
I am trying to implement a dynamic navigation bar. My problem is as follows -

All of my scripts are located in various folders, and as you move to different areas of the site, the links to the other areas of the site will change. For example, I am currently at home.php and the nav bar has references to admin/manage_users.php and companies/view_employees.php, etc etc. If I go to manage_users.php, I am now executing a script in the admin folder. The nav bar still has a reference to companies/view_employees.php, which would make this a dead link.

There are lots and lots of directories and subdirectories that one can navigate to, so I don't want to have to write code for a nav bar every time. Is there something like $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] that I can use that will help?

Add Form Field Values Into Php Seesion Variable Before Submitting The Form
I have php page which is basically a simple html form containing some text fields.The user will type in values in it and submit it .Now what i want is that just at the time of submittion i want to assign the form field values in session variables.

I nwwd this b'coz the form is being submitted into a cgi script which has been given to me.Now the cgi script is an executable one and i am unable to view or change its content,Its functionability is to change a password for a linux user account .Now the cgi script after completing the job is redirected to another html page.What i have to do is that i need to trap the user input and update the values in a mysql database .Now if i can assign the values in a session variable then i can do the updatation from some later pages.

Dynamic Variables In Php?
Hi,
I have a mySQL table that contains two columns
column one is 'feature' and column two is 'feature_value' - some of the data is for example

'hair_color' - 'blue'
'hair_color' - 'blonde'
'hair_color' - 'black'
'hair_color' - 'gray'

'eye_color' - 'blue'
'eye_color' - 'hazel'
'eye_color' - 'brown'

Yeah I know... definitely NOT third normal form. OK here's where it gets even better

On one web page, I build select controls from this data. The name of the control would be the value of the feature column. So from the data above I would have a select control whose name would be name="hair_color" and another select name="eye_color"

NO problems so far.... ok.
Now after the user selects from the selects (get it, sorry).... i am processing the data.

Although I use javascript for some client side validation... I also want to validate in php. (ok, just because I want to ok)

NOW.. the web page form will post these two variables $hair_color' and '$eye_color' as described above. But I don't know ahead of time what these variables are because they're based on data from a table.......

I go the table described above and select distinct on the feature column - I will return two rows.... see below

while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result_set)) {
$feature =trim($row[0]);
}

the value of feature in the first row is 'hair_color' and in the second row 'eye_color'--

What I'd like to do.... is to take the values in the $feature variable and create a literal variable that I can test for that was posted from the form........

so for example in the first row where $feature = 'hair_color' - I want to create a $hair_color variable...... because this is a variable of the select control from the form. Then for the second row where $feature = 'eye_color' - I want to create an $eye_color variable because again... this is the variable of a select control on the form.

Dynamic Links???
I’ve looked at several tutorials and searched the archives of this site. I found a few pointers, but I feel entirely daft and can’t seem to quite get it.

The “ultimate” goal is to display members profiles, and not have to hard code all the bl**dy records, as I’ve done so far. (Current version http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/c...y/profiles.html)

So, now I have the records in one table in my database. The profiles.php3 page takes all the records in that table, and displays the names in alphabetical order. So far, so good.

Now, I have viewprofile.php3, which should display only one record at a time, based on which name the visitor clicked on.

Dynamic Menus
how to have dynamic menu, say one option is selected from the first menu, and that option changes the 2nd menu options. ?

yeah i have seen it work in JavaScript, (onchange)
but what would the syntax be in php ?

Dynamic Communication
I am wondering if there is any way to use maybe XML to mimic another sites form on my site. For example, to use maybe Expedia's flight search form on my site and then post the request to expedia and have the results format back into my site. It is sort of the same concept as xml-rpc accept I am wondering if it can be done without setting up an xml-rpc server for the response. Essentially the script would allow you to take the user through the entire search process all the while making it formatted to the layout of your site, but using Expedia's engine.

Dynamic Notification
Is there a way for me to have an email sent to me anytime one of my users creates/uploads a new file in a specific directory on my website? Sorry if this is really basic.... I'm not sure where to start. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dynamic Content In A <div>, Using Php
i have a <DIV> block, and I want the innerHTML to change at the click of a button. for those who don't know some javascript, if you have a dive with an id, <DIV id="myDiv"></DIV> you can change the content inside with a function call

myDiv.innerHTML = "some stuff";

however, i need my data to come from a mySQL database and thus needs to be outputted via php. so ideally i want something like

myDiv.innerHTML = "<?php echo "some stuff"; ?>";

of course that does not work because php is not client side, this is just to illustrate what i want. any ideas on how to do this without iframes?

Dynamic Data
I have included a php script into my page
as <img src="plot.php">. That script just plot some time changing data. Now I have two questions that I cannot solve myself:

(1) When I press the reload button I expected
the plot reflected the changed data.
Instead of that plot remains unchanged
until I directly invoke the php script
from the browser...
Is there any method to avoid this
unwanted caching?

(2) That is a bit off topic but is there
any easy way to get a web page updating
after a certain period of time?
Once solve my first question I'd like
to offer mi visitors a automatically
changing graphic.

Dynamic Php Tables
As you'll notice, each new result appears in a new table, which is very annoying. I am trying to make it so that all ther results appear in 1 table.

This is what I have so far;

<?
//error message (not found message)
$XX = "No Record Found";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $usertable WHERE $metode LIKE '%$search%' LIMIT 0, 30 ");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
$variable1=$row["Model"];
$variable2=$row["Creator"];
$variable3=$row["Title"];
print ("$variable1, $variable2 ,$variable3");
}

//below this is the function for no record!!
if (!$variable1)
{
print ("$XX");
}
//end
?>

Can anyone help please?

Dynamic Playlist In XML Using PHP
I want to build a dynamic playlist in XML using PHP.
can any body please help me by giving code,ideas and links?

Dynamic Variables
I am NEWBIE & trying to develop internal control system with PHP-MySql & have one problem.

I want to enter dynamic variable into MySql like :

"I have checked report of Mr. $userName from $previousDate to $currentDate…..”

Wherein - $username, $previousDate, $currentDate will be called from other table.

My codes :

PHP Code:

INSERT INTO `checkReport ` (`schID`, `schNo`, `noteNo`, `subschName`, `content`) VALUES (1, 1, 'a', '', ' I have checked report of Mr. ‘.$username.’ from ‘.$previousDate.’ to ‘.$currentDate.’ ….)

which is not working… Please guide me through.

Dynamic Table
I'm working on creating a dynamic table generator. The data is read from a database via mySQL. The table sample is: Code:

Dynamic Thumbnails
ImageCopyResampleBicubic()

here is a modified version of the above code that will properly handle copying only portions of images (i.e. creating a square thumbnail from a rectangular image by cropping out the square rather than smashing to fit). Also a few breaks were added to avoid some unnecessary calculations that took place under some conditions: PHP Code:

Dynamic Playlist, From URL
I have many complex ASX playlist files and would like to cut my work down managing them by having one line in them dynamicly created on the fly depending on a link the visitor clicks.

Is there a pre made processor that will look in the URL for a variable, insert that variable into a pre made ASX script and return that modified ASX script back to the client?

Dynamic FAQ Software
Can anyone suggest some PHP software for maintaining a FAQs page?

I want to include moderate user contributions, but I don't mind modifying something to get what I want.

(I have tried searching for this but can't seem to come up with a search string that weeds out are the FAQs pages out there)

Dynamic Maps With Php?
I have a little php application to store day hiking trips and to keep a
running total of their yearly trips for a few users. Currently they
select their hiking routes using drop lists or checkboxes containing the
names and numbers of the trails. If the route is simple the form takes
1-2 minutes to fill in, if it involves lots of tiny sections it can
become tedious to search for every trailname and may take 20 minutes.
Because of this they have asked for a map, rather than lists, and want
to open the application to the public. Hmmm..

So I'm looking to create an application where users can select their
routes, by somehow selecting lines on a map, then somehow pass this to a
php script to process.

Dynamic Grid
I'm attempting to make a dynamic grid (3 x 3, so 9 squares total) I'm currently using a table because I don't feel like dealing with some css issues i was having in IE.

Anyway what i have is a 3 x 3 square
(periods used for spacing) ....

Dynamic Array
Say I have a function that is used to open different flat-file databases and read them into arrays. The databases have a different number of field indexes, with different names.

Is there a way of creating an array within a generic function, but with the field indexes as keys instead of just numbers?

Dynamic Arrays
People come to my site, they choose the name of a car from a database. I want the name of the car to go into an array. I want to put it in an array and not just as a single variable because i want them to have the option of coming back to the page and choose the name of another car. They can have as many names of cars as they like. To make sure i retain the values of the array, i will put them in a session variable.

My question is how do i generate the dynamic array? When people come back to the page with the values of the array in the session variable will that cause a problem?

Dynamic Zipping
I'm working on a downloads site at the moment and need to have a sort of dynamic zipping system, i'll explain:

1. A user visits the site, they are given an individual ID

2. They browse through the files and can click on the 'Add to Download' button if they wish.

3. If they click on the 'Get Download' button, then they are sent to a page, which offers them all the files they selected in a .zip or .tar file for downloading.

Dynamic Table
I am trying to create a table dynamically- meaning that a user will be able to add or delete rows via an admin tool. For now, the number of columns will be a fixed number. I figure I can store each row of information in a database and then keep some type of index to keep track of column inserts, deletions, etc. Does this make sense? Does any one have any ideas on how to accomplish this?