I have been searching for days and trying everything, but i can't seem to get this working.
Question :
I have a user profile where a user can select some hobbies from a dropdown menu. This user can also edit his profile. On this edit page I would like to display a dropdown where the previously selected hobbies are selected and the rest of the available hobbies option are displayed for selection.
This is the basic code I have so far ( minus all the code that didnt work ). I hope someone can help he out.
$existing_hobby_values = array("Football", "Tennis", "Volleyball");
$sql = "select hobby from hobbies ORDER BY id ASC";
$result = mysqli_query($con, $sql);
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
echo "<select multiple>";
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$interesse = $row['hobby'];
//if{$interesse = in_array($existing_hobby_values) echo "selected" inside option }
echo "<option value='$interesse'>$interesse</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
}
By the way...I know I should start using PDO instead of Mysqli, but because this project has a deadline I have to finish this before starting with learning PDO.
You can try something like
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$interesse = $row['hobby'];
echo '<option ';
if (in_array($interesse, $existing_hobby_values)) {
echo 'selected ';
}
echo "value='$interesse'>$interesse</option>";
}
And you should definitely do something about your tabulation.
change
echo "<option value='$interesse'>$interesse</option>";
to
echo "<option value='$interesse' ".( in_array($intresse,$existing_hobby_values) ? "SELECTED ": "" ) .">$interesse</option>";
though to be fair, #rept1d's answer should work just fine as well.
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I'm having a problem in this simple SQL/PHP query...
<?php
$course=$row['course'];
include('../db.php');
$cat=$row['cat'];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM question WHERE course='$course' AND cat='$cat'");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row['question'].'?<br>';
$qid=$row['qid'];
echo '<input type="hidden" name="qqqq[]" value="'.$qid.'" />';
echo '<select name="answer[]">';
echo '<option>Select Answer></option>';
$resultik = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM choices WHERE question='$qid' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 4");
while($rowik = mysql_fetch_array($resultik))
{
echo '<option>';
echo $rowik['opt'];
echo '</option>';
}
echo '</select><br><br>';
}
?>
Basically, this is a online examination. I want to display all the questions if the student will login. And the questions will be order/arrange according by their course. But eventually, there's no display at all. Not even a single letter will display.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much.
In this there must some POST or GET values to get the course and cat which means
$course=$row['course'];
$cat=$row['cat'];
Since the $row is empty this is the case it will not display anything. Check with isset() like following
$course = isset($row['course']) ? $row['course'] : 'COURSE';
$cat = isset($row['cat']) ? $row['cat'] : 'CAT';
The included file include('../db.php'); please check the database connectivity has established or not?.
I have a task that I need to retrieve data from the database and set it in the Combo Box. Fortunately, I have done it.
Now, I have a Search Button which retrieves the data relevant in these text and combo boxes. My Issue is, After I click Search Button all my combo box and text box selected values become empty. How can I set those same data after clicking Search button ?
My Code Effort is,
<?php
$sql="select cat_id,cat_name from disease_category group by cat_id ";
foreach ($dbo->query($sql) as $row){
if(isset($_REQUEST['cat_name'])&&$_REQUEST['cat_name']==$row[cat_name])
{
echo "<option value=$row[cat_id] selected='selected' >$row[cat_name]</option>";
}
Else
{
echo "<option value=$row[cat_id]>$row[cat_name]</option>";
}
}
?>
My SEARCH button code,
<?php
include 'config.php';
if(isset($_REQUEST['SUBMIT']))
{
$cat=$_REQUEST['cat'];
$subcat=$REQUEST['subcat']
$sel=mysql_query("SELECT * from table_name where cat_id like '$cat%' AND sub_id like '$sub_cat%'AND survier like '$survier%' ")
}
It should be pretty simple. I still don't fully understand what you're trying to do. But if all you want is to dynamically populate an options list based on the results of a SQL query.
<?php
$sql = '
SELECT
*
FROM
`my_table`
';
$query = mysql_query($sql) OR die(mysql_error());
print '<select name="dropdown">';
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {
print '<option value="'. $row['cat_id'] .'"';
if (
isset($_REQUEST['cat_name']) &&
$_REQUEST['cat_name'] == $row['cat_name']
) { print ' selected="selected"'; }
print '>'. $row['cat_name'] .'</option>';
}
print '</select>';
?>
You should be able to modify the SELECT query to fit your needs, and modify content within the while() loop, as well. That should get you going if I understand what you're trying to do.
I have a HTML etc.. tags now what I want to achieve is upon a selection of ie. i want to load the related info from database to in a new tag with as many tags.
I am using PHP to do achieve this now at this point if for example i choose option1 then the query behind it retrieves relevant information and stores it in a array, and if I select option2 exactly the same is done.
The next step I made is to create a loop to display the results from array() but I am struggling to come up with the right solution to echo retrieved data into etc. As its not my strongest side.
Hope you understand what I am trying to achieve the below code will clear thing out.
HTML:
<select id="workshop" name="workshop" onchange="return test();">
<option value="">Please select a Workshop</option>
<option value="Forex">Forex</option>
<option value="BinaryOptions">Binary Options</option>
</select>
PHP:
$form = Array();
if(isset($_POST['workshop'])){
$form['workshop'] = $_POST['workshop'];
$form['forex'] = $_POST['Forex'];
$form['binary'] = $_POST['Binary'];
//Retrieve Binary Workshops
if($form['workshop'] == 'Forex'){
$sql2 = "SELECT id, course, location FROM courses WHERE course LIKE '%Forex%' OR course LIKE '&forex%'";
$query2 = mysqli_query($link, $sql2);
while($result2 = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query2)){
//The problem I am having is here :/
echo "<select id='Forex' name='Forex' style='display: none'>";
echo "<option value='oko'>.$result[1].</option>";
echo "</select>";
print_r($result2);echo '</br>';
}
}else{
$sql = "SELECT id, course, location FROM courses WHERE course LIKE '%Binary%' OR course LIKE '%binary%'";
$query = mysqli_query($link, $sql);
while($result = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query)){
print_r($result);echo '</br>';
}
}
}
Try this code:
$query2 = mysqli_query($link, $sql2);
echo "<select id='Forex' name='Forex' style='display: none'>";
while($result2 = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query2)){
echo "<option value='oko'>{$result['course']}</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
echo '</br>';
From the top in your php:
// not seeing uses of the $form I removed it from my answer
if(isset($_POST['workshop'])){
$workshop = $_POST['workshop'];
$lowerWorkshop = strtolower($workshop);
// neither of $_POST['Forex'] nor $_POST['Binary'] are defined in your POST. you could as well remove those lines?
//Retrieve Binary Workshops HERE we can define the sql in a single line:
$sql = "SELECT id, course, location FROM courses WHERE course LIKE '%$workshop%' OR course LIKE '&$lowerWorkhop%'";
$query = mysqli_query($link, $sql); // here no need to have two results
// Here lets build our select first, we'll echo it later.
$select = '<select id="$workshop" name="$workshop" style="display: none">';
while($result = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query)){
$select.= '<option value="' . $result['id'] . '">' . $result['course'] . '</option>';
// here I replaced the outer containing quotes around the html by single quotes.
// since you use _fetch_assoc the resulting array will have stroing keys.
// to retrieve them, you have to use quotes around the key, hence the change
}
$select.= '</select>';
}
echo $vSelect;
this will output a select containing one option for each row returned by either of the queries. by the way this particular exemple won't echo anything on screen (since your select display's set to none). but see the source code to retrieve the exemple.
Thanks for dropping by and I'm sorry if this question seems to be easy as I'm kinda new to php. Im trying to do a school project and my problem now is that I cant seem to get the values of the dropdown. I have been trying to search in every forum and some similar questions in here but they seem to only show how i can populate the dropdown with database values.
The code for populating the dropdown menu is working, but recording the selected value is not working for me.
Here is my php code for the dropdown:
<div class="panel">
<label class="panelname">Category:</label>
<select name="category" class="signup_field">
<option>Select One</option>
<? // retrieve all the categories and add to the pull down menu
$query = 'SELECT category_id, name FROM category ORDER BY name ASC';
$request = mysqli_query($dbc, $query);
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($request, MYSQLI_NUM)) {
$cat_id = $row[0];
echo "<option value=\"row[0]\"";
//check for stickyness:
if (isset($_POST['category']) && ($_POST['category'] == $row[0])) {
echo ' selected="selected"';
//$_POST[]
} echo ">$row[1]</option>\n";
}
?>
</select>
<? if (array_key_exists('category', $add_product_errors)) echo '<label class="error">' . $add_product_errors['category'] . '</label>'; ?>
</div>
and here is my part of my code for validation: -
// Check for a form submission:
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
// Check for a category:
if (!isset($_POST['category']) || !filter_var($_POST['category'], FILTER_VALIDATE_INT, array('min_range' => 1))) {
$add_product_errors['category'] = 'Please select a category!';
}
..... // other codes for validation (Eg: if (empty($add_product_errors)) { proceed to query} )
I don't know what seems to be the problem but there are no values recorded in the $_POST['category'] for me to save into MySQL and I keep getting the Please select a category error.
Thank you all for your help. :)
your problem seems to be echo "<option value=\"row[0]\"";. You want to replace it with
echo "<option value=\"$row[0]\"";
echo "<option value=\"row[0]\""; just puts a String row[0] there
Thanks, I seem to have solve the problem ..
I have seemed to have deleted the ($)row in the row[0] for it to be read properly.
just put $ on the row[0]:
echo "<option value=\"row[0]\"";
I used to solve this problem like ... In your case.
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($request, MYSQLI_NUM)) {
$cat_id = $row[0];
$str = null;
if (isset($_POST['category']) && ($_POST['category'] == $row[0])) {
$str = 'selected="selected"';
}
echo '<option value="'.$row[0].'" '.$str.'>'.$row[1].'</option>';
}
Hello i am new to php and i have tried to find a piece of code that i can use to complete the task i need, i currently have a page with a form set out to view the criteria of a course. also i have a dropdown menu which currently holds all the course codes for the modules i have stored in a database. my problem is when i select a course code i wish to populate the fields in my form to show all the information about the course selected. The code i am trying to get to work is as follows:
<?php
session_start();
?>
<? include ("dbcon.php") ?>
<?php
if(!isset($_GET['coursecode'])){
$Var ='%';
}
else
{
if($_GET['coursecode'] == "ALL"){
$Var = '%';
} else {
$Var = $_GET['coursecode'];
}
}
echo "<form action=\"newq4.php\" method=\"GET\">
<table border=0 cellpadding=5 align=left><tr><td><b>Coursecode</b><br>";
$res=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM module GROUP BY mId");
if(mysql_num_rows($res)==0){
echo "there is no data in table..";
} else
{
echo "<select name=\"coursecode\" id=\"coursecode\"><option value=\"ALL\"> ALL </option>";
for($i=0;$i<mysql_num_rows($res);$i++)
{
$row=mysql_fetch_assoc($res);
echo"<option value=$row[coursecode]";
if($Var==$row[coursecode])
echo " selected";
echo ">$row[coursecode]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
}
echo "</td><td align=\"left\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"SELECT\" />
</td></tr></table></form><br>";
$query = "SELECT * FROM module WHERE coursecode LIKE '$Var' ";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Error: " . mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($result) == 0){
echo("No modules match your currently selected coursecode. Please try another coursecode!");
} ELSE {
Coursecode: echo $row['coursecode'];
Module: echo $row['mName'];
echo $row['mCredits'];
echo $row['TotalContactHours'];
echo $row['mdescription'];
echo $row['Syllabus'];
}
?>
however i can only seem to get the last entry from my database any help to fix this problem or a better way of coding this so it works would be grateful
Thanks
The main error is in your final query, you're not actually fetching anything from the query, so you're just displaying the LAST row you fetched in the first query.
Some tips:
1) Don't use a for() loop to fetch results from a query result. While loops are far more concise:
$result = mysql_query(...) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
...
}
2) Add another one of these while loops to your final query, since it's just being executed, but not fetched.
For me i would use some javascript(NOTE: i prefer jQuery)
An easy technique would be to do this(going on the assumption that when creating the drop downs, your record also contains the description):
Apart from creating your dropdown options like this <option value="...">data</option>, you could add some additional attributes like so:
echo '<option value="'.$row['coursecode'].'" data-desc="'.$row['description'].'">.....</option>
Now you have all your drop down options, next is the javascript part
Let's assume you have included jQuery onto your page; and let's also assume that the description of any selected course is to be displayed in a <div> called description like so:
<div id="course-description"> </div>
<!--style it how you wish -->
With your javascript you could then do this:
$(function(){
$("#id-of-course-drop-down").change(function(){
var desc = $(this).children("option").filter("selected").attr("data-des");
//now you have your description text
$("#course-description").html(desc);
//display the description of the course
}
});
Hope this helps you, even a little
Have fun!
NOTE: At least this is more optimal than having to use AJAX to fecch the description on selection of the option :)