Re: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select

2002-07-25 Thread Roger Thomas
i used the same techniqu a while back when i worked with Fast Template. scenario: - present a user with a form to input - there are several text fields and several select options - if there is/are error(s) upon form submission, we will call the same template file and insert proper error messages a

RE: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select

2002-07-25 Thread Matt Schroebel
> From: Nathan Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:52 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select > How are you able to quickly and painlessly determine which > key gets the > selected value, from form submission data,

Re: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select

2002-07-25 Thread Nathan Cook
From: "Johnson, Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Do you know what happens here if the error reporting is set to max? > Are a bunch of "unitialized variables" warnings issued? That would be my assumption. I suppose you could initialize the variables first to circumvent that. I was more or less looking

Re: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select

2002-07-25 Thread Nathan Cook
> // buildSelect -- return a Select box named $selectName based on key value array $selectArray > ... > // $arr = array('MD'=>'selected','DC'=>'','VA'=>''); How are you able to quickly and painlessly determine which key gets the selected value, from form submission data, when building the initial

RE: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select

2002-07-25 Thread Matt Schroebel
> From: Nathan Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:34 PM > Subject: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select > > > You may already be doing it like this, but I think I found a > new way to > make select boxes auto-select (what data they put in) a lot > eas

RE: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select

2002-07-25 Thread Johnson, Kirk
Nathan, this is a new idea to me and very interesting. Do you know what happens here if the error reporting is set to max? Are a bunch of "unitialized variables" warnings issued? Thanks for contributing this to the list. Kirk > -Original Message- > From: Nathan Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [PHP] New way to make select boxes auto select

2002-07-25 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
Interesting technique. Depending on your error_reporting levels, you may get a bunch of undefined variable warnings, though. I usually use a config file with arrays for my select boxes. Something like $_CONF['Something'] = array("This","That","And","Something"); Then just create a function like