Thanks MorningZ for that wonderful demo. I think you have nailed my question here! Thank you so much!
On Jan 5, 12:14 am, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1) How do I know if a cell is selected? Is there is is_selected( ) > > function in jQuery? > > There's the ":selected" selector, but it's for valid form fields, not > table cells... > > in your case, $("table td.sel") would give you all selected table > cells > > I have no idea what your PHP looks like, but one way to gather the > data could be: > > http://jsbin.com/areti/edit > > but that all depends on what you are looking for (just selected cell > "values"? do you need position on the grid? something else?) > > On Jan 4, 10:11 pm, MT <matt.tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I am new to jQuery and I would like to process a matrix operation > > using PHP. > > The front-end code is done bellow, its a 3x3 table. the user could > > select/deselect individual cells of the table and click the button > > that calls a PHP script that will run some function. > > > 1) How do I know if a cell is selected? Is there is is_selected( ) > > function in jQuery? > > 2) Would it be possible to send a 3x3 array to my PHP script? > > > Please provide me with any info on this. Thanks! > > > MT > > > My current test code. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > <html><head><title>Test</title> > > <script type='text/javascript' > > src='http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js'></ > > script> > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > $(document).ready(function() { > > $("td").toggle( > > function () { $(this).addClass("sel"); }, > > function () { $(this).removeClass("sel"); } > > ); > > > }); > > > </script> > > <style> > > .sel { background-color:red; } > > </style> > > > </head><body> > > > <table border="5" cellspace=10> > > <tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr> > > <tr><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td></tr> > > <tr><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td></tr> > > </table> > > > <button>Click here to process the selection with a php script</button> > > > </body></html> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------