Can anybody help me on this. For showing the rezults from an MySql database i have to select school, class, subject, and exam. But listing all the classes or all the exams is not very practical so i want to do another function that when i choose some schools in the first select box it shows me in the second select box only the classes of the selected schools.
My code is:
<div id="allselects">
<form action="viewing.php" method="post" name="filt">
<div class="multsarrange">
<h1 class="choosetext" >Chose Schools</h1>
<select class="multipleselect" name="schools[]" size="8" multiple="multiple" id="shkll">
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM schools ";
$scc=mysql_query($sql);
while ($db_f = mysql_fetch_assoc($scc)) {
$schcd=$db_f['schoolcode'];
$schc=$db_f['schoolname'];
echo "<option value=$schcd >$schc</option>";
}
?>
</select>
</div>
<div class="multsarrange" id="clasaajax">
<h1 class="choosetext" >Chose an Classes</h1>
<select class="multipleselect" name="classes[]" size="8" multiple="multiple" ">
<?php
$c = "SELECT * FROM classes ";
$cl=mysql_query($c);
while ($db_f = mysql_fetch_assoc($cl)) {
$clsc=$db_f['schoolID'];
$claid=$db_f['classID'];
$clay=$db_f['year'];
$clanm=$db_f['className'];
$name=schoolidton($clsc)." ".$clay." ".$clanm;
echo "<option value=$claid >$name</option>";
}
?>
</select>
</div>
<div class="multsarrange">
<h1 class="choosetext" >Chose Subjects</h1>
<select class="multipleselect" name="subjects[]" size="8" multiple="multiple">
<?php
$sb = "SELECT * FROM subjects ";
$sbi=mysql_query($sb);
while ($db_f = mysql_fetch_assoc($sbi)) {
$sbnm=$db_f['subjectName'];
$sbid=$db_f['subjectID'];
echo "<option value=$sbid >$sbnm</option>";
}
?>
</select>
</div>
<div class="multsarrange">
<h1 class="choosetext" >Chose Exams</h1>
<select class="multipleselect" name="exams[]" size="8" multiple="multiple">
<?php
$e = "SELECT * FROM exams ";
$ex=mysql_query($e);
while ($db_f = mysql_fetch_assoc($ex)) {
$id=$db_f['examID'];
$sub=$db_f['subjectID'];
$desc=$db_f['description'];
$year=$db_f['year'];
$data=$db_f['data'];
$exnam=subidton($sub)." - ".$year." - ".$desc." - ".$data;
echo "<option value=$id >$exnam</option>";
}
?>
</select>
</div>
<div id="longsubmit">
</br></br>
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="View" />
</div>
</form>
</div>
use ajax on abc.php get values or ids of school and make the tags you need and return back the results to the relevant id of html function get_options(table,id_field,name_field,where_field,field_value,select_id,edit_id){
$('#'+select_id).html('<option>Loading...</option>');
$.ajax({
type: "POST", url: "abc.php", data: "&table="+table+"&id_field="+id_field+"&name_field="+name_field+"&where_field="+where_field+"&field_value="+field_value+ "&edit_id=" + edit_id +"&get_option=1",
complete: function(data){
//alert(data.responseText);
$('#'+select_id).html(data.responseText);
}
});
}
You have to use AJAX inorder to achieve this.
check this
http://www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/ajax_drop_down_list.php
What you need to do is the following :
select
to listen for the change
event - see hereThere are lots of things within this process - each with multiple options - i suggest you attempt to tackle each one and come back with specific questions if you get stuck