how to create an auto update drop downlist in php

[bikashliju]

hi,

i am facing a problem while practicing php.

i am working a demo hr management system ....if a new record is added to database then the drop down list to
show employee id will be updated immediately with that id
how to create a dynamic dropdown list for this

thanx in advance

[dlite922]

Well, first you pull the data from the database. Then loop through it and create the <option> tag fro the <select> field.

Of course the page needs to be refreshed for this to happen since the web is stateless (there's no live connection to the server)

If you don't know how to connect to a database and pull data, I suggest you find some tutorial and teach yourself.

Best way to practice PHP is to ....practice coding PHP, right?


Dan

[oranoos3000]

php is server side scripting language and is not a live script language

hi
your meaning from this question is not clear
but if your meaning is as below
but add new user or update information an user options in the select element is changed it's correct think because php is server side only and you cant identify this item