PHP :: PHP String Concatination With Html Select Combo Box

Database Value Select In Combo Box!
This function is intended to display the current database field value as selected.. along with other values as general options.

I can't figure out how to get it work. Help is appreciated!!

function retrieve_category()
{
$cat = mysql_query("SELECT category_id FROM category");
while ($current_row = mysql_fetch_row($cat))
{
$row = $current_row[0];
if ($row == $id)
{
printf("<option selected>%s</option>
",$current_row[0]);
}
else
{
printf("<option>%s</option>
",$current_row[0]);
}
}
}

Multi Select Combo Box - Retrieving Data
I have a combo/listbox with "multiple" enabled in an HTML form and pass this to a PHP script, I should be able to access each item as $array_name[0] etc?

Thats what my book says and what I've been able to track down on Google seems to agree, but the only element I seem to be able to retrieve is $entry_select[0] (from the form below) which contains the last value selected in the combo list. Attempts to select $entry_select[1] just result in nothing printed. Code:

How To Validate A Html Combo Box
I have a combo box on my html page that i would like to validate through php processing.
the name of my combo box group is "location" how would i use an IF statement to validate the contents of this combo box?

Html Select W/php
I am just trying to have and html select and pass the $post to php page. This is what happens: html snippet:

<form method="POST" action="./phphandler.php">
<select name="thisname" id="thisname">
<option value="thisvalue1">thisvalue1</option>
<option value="thisvalue2">thisvalue2</option>
</select>
</form>

php snippet:

<?php
$thisvar=$_POST['thisname'];
print "$thisvar";?>

Result:
thisvalue1thisname=thisvalue1

Excluding String In Select
I have been working on modifying this code to exclude the genre of Christmas from the query. No matter where I add a genre != 'Christmas' I get errors. Any ideas? I want to exclude any genres that are Christmas. PHP Code:

PHP Templates And HTML Select
For those of you using templates to keep your PHP and HTML code
separate.....

How do you handle a HTML Select statement when the initial option
selected needs to come from a database field?

Select From Table Where Field = String
How to select all lines containg a string (located in $pastmove) in the
moves column.

I tried several ways, for example:

$requete="SELECT moves, opening_id FROM suitemove where moves like
'%".$pastmove."%'";

but did not succeed;

Select Each Word Match On A String
here if we give the keyword as sony discman shock . the keyword is the product name.
here i have to select datas. here sony discman is the product name of same. shock is another product. here i separate the string using explode function, what the thing three records are retrieved. ie.,the same record of product name is retrieved twice.how to solve this .

Echo Only Select Text From String
I want to echo a single sentence from about the middle of the string what is the easiest way to do this?

How To SELECT Records WHERE Field Contains A Particular String?
I need to SELECT records WHERE a string matches the content of a field...

eg. I have field values like:

Phone namePhone name pinkPhone name bluePhone name polka-dot
What I want is to have a MySQL query which selects ALL records which match the search term, eg. 'Phone name' returns all of the above, but not 'Phone':

Currently my query looks like this:
SELECT * FROM [table_name] WHERE [field_name] LIKE '%s' ORDER BY [value] ASC

Ordering Alphabetical In Secondary Select String
Does anyone have a suggestion how I can order a list with names in a
secondary select string.

The first string selects a number of locations where people work

From this string I get several id's form people (in the location table there
are no names but id's form the people table) that work on those locations

No I make another select to get the name form the people table using the id
I got before.

I would like to have the table ordered alphabetical by the name of the
people

Since the number op people is very long is will be to slow working the other
way around (first selecting people and then looking for the location)

Example:

Location 1 Name A

Name B

Name C

Location 3 Name D

Name E

Location 5 Name F

Location 2 Name G

Location 9 Name H

Location 7 Name I

< ? Php $string ? > Within Html Statements?
I'm trying to reduce my code in html by calling a page.php file which blocks out the html for me. I was having a hell of a time since my html wouldn't parse the php code so in page.php I ended and started php and used regular html in between.

my problem is that I'm trying to use a string to lable my blocks of html (you know .... a links menu < home > < go here > < go there > with the $ string lableling each header area. Everything is parsing except for the $ string name --- so I have lots of nested tables with everything filling except the title of the block, Code:

Having A HTML + PHP String Evaluated...
Does any knows if there is some way to have a HTML string with some PHP code included evaluated?

Html Formatted String To Attachment
I working on an email form that takes user's input converts it into a html formatted page and emails this page as an attachment.

I am looking into several mime email classes for php that support this feature.

One thing I'm not clear about is whether attachments can be created on the fly or must they be a file on the server before they can be "attached" to the email.

for example, can I create an html string stored in a variable and make that string become the attached file for the message?

or do I have to first write the html string into a file on the server then create the email header to retreive that file from the server and send it to the user, then go back and delete the temp file?

Mail Html String Longer Than 255
I've got this script that I found on the Internet with which I want to send an email with HTML in it. So I make a string in which I put all my HTML, but that is longer than 255.

Is there a blob or something else that I can use ?
I need it really bad.

Php File As String Generated To Html
I have a page going on a local server but the pages are going to be hosted on another server, which doesn't support php and MySQL. So basicly have to generate the php files into html files. The pages on the localserver are all based on a template page Main.php?Cat=Home

So this is what I'm trying to do. either...open the php template pages in another file then write them as html or...export the php template as html when viewed.So far all I got to see is resource id # 1 Just a little push on the file handling as a string would be much appriciated.

Check Whether A String Contains HTML Elements
I want to check whether a string contains HTML elements. Is there is any function to check whether a string contains HTML elements.

Decode Html Input String
Probably not the correct words in the subject but I'll try to explain. I have software in c++ that sends data to a php file on my website. I have all the connections in place since it echoes back an ok to my code. Problem is the data portion is not being read by the php. I dont know how to reference it. Code:

Converting The Posted String To The Value Of Html Element
I've been very confused in dealing with posted strings. For example, if I fill in a text element with "(double quote), submit it and display it in a text and a textarea, I get "(backslash followed by double quote) in the textarea element but (backslash only) in the text element.

Code:
<input name="somename" value="<?php if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['submitName'])) echo $HTTP_POST_VARS['somename']; ?>" />

I made a function which correct the misbehavings:

Improve String Catching Of Html Page
I scripted a prog that extract a string from an html page excluding
all the tags.
The problem is that it works quite slowly and I wanted to know if
somebody of us as an idea how to improve his performance.

CODE

$start="start_str"; //begin string
$end="end_str"; //end string
if($snoopy->fetch("http://www.informative.page.com";)) //get the html
code
{

$string=$snoopy->results; //assign to $string all the html string

- Hide quoted text -
$i=1;
$line = explode("
", $string); //trim the html in lines

while ($i<300)
{
//take only the middle
if ($i>230) {
//explode the line to control the content
$piece = explode(" ", $line[$i]);

$k=0;
while ($k<200) {

//if it content the string that i'm searching... :)
if ($piece[$k] == "interesting_part") {

$word=preg_split("/[s<>]+/", $line[$i]); //to eliminate html tags

$j=1;
$flag=0; //to say when print the word

//extract the string without html
while ($word[$j]) {

if ($word[$j] == $begin) $flag = 1;
if ($word[$j] == $stop) $flag = 0;
if ($flag) echo "$word[$j] ";
$j++;
}

}
$k++;
}
}
$i++;
}
}

Parsing String Of HTML Attributes Into Key/value Pairs?
I'm working on a project that requires a certain "parsing" functionality... Before I set down to coding this myself, I thought I'd ask in the community if anyone already has available a PHP function or routine that can parse a string of HTML-style attributes into key/value pairs?

For example, an input string (attribute list) might be something like this, as would be applied to an INPUT tag: type="text" name=firstname size=10 maxlength="20"

And the returned result of parsing this string would be something similar to the following array: PHP Code:

Combo Box Value
On my site, if you click on a link i want you to be taken to a contact form that contains a combo box, but what I want to do is predefine what value of a possible five selections is set... What is the best way of doing this?

If And While Combo
I want to combine an IF statement with a WHILE condition.. They work fine seperate but i can't seem to combine them the way i want. Look @ my code so far: Code:

Combo Box
I am allowing users insert data into a database using a form. I want one of the fields "department" to display all existing departments in the database in a combo box for users to choose from and also have a field in the combo box for them to add a new department. Is there a way for me to do this in using php?

Combo Box?
how to make combo box link with my database? I want my data appear when drag down the combo box Can someone help me with the code i should use???

Is There A Way To Take An Html String And Render It As A Web Browser Would, From The Command Line?
I'd like to write a PHP script to be used from the command line on a
Unix machine. I'd like for the script to put together a string, turn it
into a web page, print it, then return control the command line.

Obviously it is quite easy to make a string that is valid HTML and send
it to the printer. The tough part is making look like a web page. In
particular, image tags should print out as images, not image tags.

Removing Html Anchors From POST'ed Text String
I am having problems with trying to remove some tags using PHP. What I
want is to perform a search and replace on a URL, so if someone tried to
put a URL into a guestbook database, instead of the user inputting a
link as:

<a href="http://whatever.com">visit me</A>

It goes into the database as:

http://whatever.com

I have tried the str_replace() function, but doesn't seem to work. I have
also tried strip_tags() but then that just give the result:

This is the code I've written.

$AmendedComment = str_replace("<a href="", " ", $_POST['Comment']);
$FinalComment = addslashes($AmendedComment);

Checking the database and reading it out again, the first part of the URL
remains intact, so the URL is clickable - not what I want.

I've made an attempt at preg_replace() but it's difficult to get head
around trying to write a pattern.

Stripping Html Text And Newline Characters From String
I have used the strip_tags function to remove html from a string with reasonable success. But it still leaves /r/n characters. I've hunted around on various forums for solutions, and every time someone suggests a solution, it actually doesnt work. Code:

Combo Box Values
I have values in a combo box where datas are coming
loaded dynamically. When an user selects a particular value and press search, even after refreshing the page, I want to keep the value same as the user selects. For example suppose if I selects
value PHP from combo box, after submitting the combo box should
value highlighted must be PHP. IS there any way I can do this?

PHP/MySQL Combo
How come sometimes I get the following error:

Fatal error: out of dynamic memory in yy_create_buffer() in Unknown on line 0

My code works most of the time, its a combination of PHP and mySQL, i have no function named "yy_create_buffer". And the worst problem with this error message, is that when that error comes up, its the ONLY thing that comes up.

Other error messages at least they show up inside my page and they say what I specify the error messages to say. This type of error message would look totally unprofessional on the site I'm developing and I'm curious is there anyway to prevent this or somehow pinpoint the cause.

I'm starting to lose faith in PHP/mySQL . I'm starting to doubt whether the PHP environment is effective for a search engine which searches what will be a relatively large database.

HOW: To Exclude Html Special Chars From Encrypted Url Variable String
I am passing the username and password encrypted in my url strings...

I have discovered that html special characters should be excluded from
the string...specifically the ">" character which when included will
display the rest of the encrypted characters as regular printable
characters on the web page.

Favor 1:
Does anyone know which html chars should be excluded?

Favor 2:
Is there a faster way to check if a character already
exists in a string besides substr()?...(this is for looking for a
character substitute)

Finally : Is there another way to pass parameters opaquely
through an href link?

Echo A String, Including Html Tags/'unescaped' Php Characters
Is there a way in PHP to echo a string completely without parsing HTML tags and characters which are normally reserved in PHP? For example, this piece of code will not echo to my screen: PHP Code:

Combo Boxes Question
I am wondering how I can make the whole array appear in the code that is below with the database entry to be selected. At the moment it just displays the database entry.

Populating Two Combo Boxes
I have one combo box (Category) which is populated by a MySQL table using php. I am trying to use the onchange javascript to submit the value selected so that I can populate the other combo box (sub-category) based on what was previously choosen. So can anybody give me a clue on how to submit the first boxes value so that the second can see what was selected (javascript function).

Combo Box / Text Box Php Mysql
this is the the code, now here is the final result.... I get one combo box
<?php require_once('..library_databaseConnectionsonli nequote.php'); ?>
<?
function select_cases_price ()
{
$qy = "SELECT SellingPrice, Description FROM cases";
$rs = mysql_query ($qy) or die (mysql_error ());
while (mysql_fetch_array ($rs))
{ $select .= "<option value='{$r[0]}'>{$r[0]}</option>";
$prices[] = $r{1};
}
return array ($select, $prices);
}
?>

On your web page, call the function.

<? list ($select, $prices) = select_cases_price (); ?> And a bit of JS:
<script>
function showPrice() {
array prices (<? echo $prices ?>);
var i = document.form.item.selectedIndex; document.form.SellingPrice =
prices[i]; </script>

<select name="Description" onUpdate="showPrice()"> <? echo $select; ?>
</select> <input type="text" name="SellingPrice" value="">

Combo Box Value On Page Reload
I am new to php and mySQL so this is probably something very basic that I'm
missing. Basically, on the page I have 2 combo boxes but 1 of them is not
getting the value passed when the page is reloaded so the database can be
updated. I am echoing the field names passed and the field "theDriver" is
there but it's empty. I've include the code parts where I believe the
problem should be but I'm stumped and I've been trying to solve this for 2
days without success. Would someone mind examing the following code and
tell me what I've done wrong?

Following code constructs the combo box on the page from a MySQL table:
<?PHP
$table = "tblEmployees";
$Link = mysql_connect ($host, $user, $password);

$Query = "select concat(empID,' ',empFirstName,'
',empLastName)
as full_name from $table WHERE empTitle =
'Driver'";
$results = mysql_db_query($database, $Query, $Link);
?>

    <b>Driver:</b>
<select name = "theDriver" size="1">
<Option Value=" ">Select One:</option>

<?PHP
for($u=0;$u<mysql_num_rows($results); $u++)
{
$driver=mysql_result($results,$u,'full_name');
?>
<option value="<?PHP echo($ID); ?>"><?
echo($driver); ?></option>
<?PHP
}
?> //end php

</select>

When Page is reloaded the following code is run but the combo box titled
"theDriver" is empty

foreach($_POST as $field => $value)
{
echo $field; //field names from form
echo "; ";
if ($field == "theDriver")
{
echo " - here's the driver for ya: ";
$$field = strip_tags(trim($value));
echo $$field;
$pos = strpos($driver, ";");
echo "<br> the ; is in pos $pos <br>";.......

Dynamic Combo Boxes
i have a problem with creating some dynamic combo boxes. i have a form and the user enters the number of printers required, on the recieving page i display that many combo boxes ready for their input...but the problem is its not generating the correct number of combo boxes for some reason. i think i'ts because i need to reset the cursor on the result set so it can whip through the printers again but am not sure. please see following code:

Php Checkbox And Textbox Combo
I have a form which asks:

How did you know about us?

--friend
--flyer, where_______
--web
--other, _______

I want to store in the db whether the user checked the box and on
certain questions, store the additional description, as indicated by
the _____

How do I go about in doing this? I need help getting the values to
perform an INSERT in the mysql table using php.

Mysql Dynamic Combo Box
i want to have a combo box that is populated by certain filelds of a mysql table. how is this done using mysql, php. i saw some other posts about using, javascript. must i?

the table that it is calling from isn't updated very often. also, one other note. i want 4 columns of the table represented in the 1 drop down box, so that users have a more specific description of the row they are selecting.

Creating Simple Combo Box
Very new to PHP and would like to create a combo box in which:

1. I have set an intial value (e.g. "mollusca") and
2. the user has the capability of adding additional values to the list.

Regular Expression Or Some Easier Way To Do HTML Query String Text Substitution
I am trying to replace within the HTML string $html the following:

Quote:

Add/edit Combo Form--opinions Wanted
I would like to use the same form for adding new records and editing
existing records. New form values are contained in $_POST. Database values
are contained in an associated array. It seems to me that in order to use
the same form for both tasks, I need to assign the form field values to page
variables. The flow might look something like this:

if $_POST

$variable1 = $_POST['field1'];
$variable2 = $_POST['field2'];

else if $rows

$variable1 = $row['field1'];
$variable2 = $row['field2'];

Combo/list Box Showing Values Selected
I have a combo box being populated dynamically through php using a mysql database, and everything works fine.

My question is: How would i make it keep the values selected, once the user hits the submit button? For example, let's say i have a combo box with the values 1 2 3 4 5 in it. The user selects Ɖ' and hits the submit button (which posts to the same page). At that point, i'd like the combo box to still have Ɖ' selected, instead of resetting itself.

Retrieve Data From Multiple Tables Via Combo
I am working on a small project to create a single web page which retrieves data from 3 tables.

The first table is retrieved by a combo box. It only contains the primary key of the table. I know how to get the data in the combo.

The second table contains other information, related to the primary key of table 1. I know how to retrieve all the data, but not how to retrieve only the data of the selected primary key. I think I should work with a WHERE clause in the SELECT statement, but I have no idea how to get to the selected value.

The third table should work in a similar way, so when I have an answer for the second table, I can also use it for the third table.

Multiple Select From Listbox And Execute A Sql Query Select Statement
Supposing i have a html form with 2 listbox and i name it status and resolution.

So it goes <select name='status[]'>... <select name='resolution[]'>

Then i have a another php page.
$status = $_POST['status'];
$resolution = $_POST['resolution'];

Now my question is, how do i do the sql query statement?

mysql_query("SELECT * from bugs where status=$status and resolution=$resolution");

The problem is, i select 3 options form the status listbox eg. new, closed, duplicate. And from the resolution, i chose fixed, invalid.

SELECT Error: No Database Selectedin Query: SELECT * FROM Schedule
I got the above error message after reading FAQ #10 which applied to my first error. The thing is, I thought I had selected a database. This script is copied from a tutorial, and I'm just too new at this to spot my error. PHP Code:

Select Statement - Select Random ID #
I have made up a page that pull info on 13 branches of stores onto one main page. It's basically there to display all the branches on one page... then you click on the one you're interested in and then you go to a more detailed page.

Back to the main page. On the top, there's kind of a featured branch that has a bigger picture and bigger title but it's still getting pul pulled from the same table etc etc etc.

In order for me to avoid favortism to one branch (and for other branches to start complaining) I want to ramdomized the order every time someone came to page but I have no idea how.

right now I have a super simple select statement.

Make Selected Option Stay Selected In A Combo After Submit
I have 3 comboboxes, one for the day, other for the month and another one for the year. Every time i select a value for the three of them and press the "Submit" button, they reset to the default option. Anyway this can be solved?

Multiple-combo - Multiple Mail Recipients
I am new to scripting but trying to create a page that lets users create an e-mail (mailto after having chosen from two drop-down menus (arrays).

I have managed to do so in HTML by using a Java script borrowed from Randall Wald (http://www.rwald.com).

However, I don't want the e-mail addresses to appear in the page to avoid spam. Is there a way to do so by using PHP?

P.S.: The first array contains (University A, University B) and the second array (Faculty, Staff, Students), i.e. 6 different e-mail addresses