drop down box problem

[arunj82]

Hi,
In my php page i have combo box which has problem numbers.

Eg:
Select the Problem ID to view the Problems :

<select name="proid" onChange="dispValues()">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="PROB001">PROB001</option>
<option value="PROB002">PROB002</option>
<option value="PROB003">PROB003</option>
<option value="PROB004">PROB004</option>
<option value="PROB005">PROB005</option>
</select>

when i select the problem number in combo box, it should display customername,ci ty,email,proble m details from the db in html table format.
how do i retrieve combo box value i.e problem numbers in php scripts. i.e how to retrieve the combo box value in sql query. u pls help me.Thats y i put ? mark there.what is the query to retrieve te values from the db when i click the combo box
[php]
<?php
$sql="select * from customer where probid="?"
$result=mysql_q uery($sql) or die(mysql_error ());
while($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['custname'] ."</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['city'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['phno']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['email']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['problem']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['probid']. "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>[/php]

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[ak1dnar]

Try This coding.I dont know what you have done in dispValues() function.
Make sure to POST the Form using this function.
Thats what i am putting this action="" blank.
since you are not using a Button, using JavaScript you have to Submit the form.
:)

[HTML]<form name="myform" action="" method="POST">
<select name="proid" onChange="dispV alues()">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="PROB001" >PROB001</option>
<option value="PROB002" >PROB002</option>
<option value="PROB003" >PROB003</option>
<option value="PROB004" >PROB004</option>
<option value="PROB005" >PROB005</option>
</select>
</form>[/HTML]

your_php_file.p hp

[PHP]<?php
$probid = $_POST['proid'];

$sql="select * from customer where probid='$probid '"
$result=mysql_q uery($sql) or die(mysql_error ());
while($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['custname'] ."</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['city'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['phno']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['email']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['problem']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['probid']. "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>[/PHP]

[ronverdonk]

How could we help without all the code available? So, show the DispValues() function code.

And enclose it within code tags!

Ronald :cool: