{"id":1486,"date":"2018-01-19T19:22:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goofy-trucks.flywheelsites.com\/arrays-html-and-php-page-2\/"},"modified":"2018-01-19T19:24:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:24:49","slug":"arrays-html-and-php-page-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phpbuilder.com\/arrays-html-and-php-page-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrays, HTML and PHP Page 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
By Tim Perdue<\/div>\n
on July 30, 2000<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
\nEasy, right? Instead of echoing the values, you can insert them into a database or
\ndo whatever you need to do.<\/div>\n
\nOver the past year, I’ve created a bunch of utilities that help me code faster. Utilities
\nthat create HTML select boxes, multiple select boxes (as shown above), show database results, etc.<\/div>\n
\nHere’s the first. It takes a two-column database result and creates a pop-up box from it.
\nNotice how I use apostrophes instead of quotes. This helps improve speed of parsing.<\/div>\n
\n<\/p>\n

<?php<\/p>\n

<\/span>function\u00a0<\/span>build_select_box\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>$result<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>$name<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>$checked_val<\/span>=<\/span>\"xzxz\"<\/span>)\u00a0{
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\/*
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Takes\u00a0a\u00a0result\u00a0set,\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0column\u00a0being\u00a0the\u00a0\"id\"\u00a0or\u00a0value
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0second\u00a0column\u00a0being\u00a0the\u00a0text\u00a0you\u00a0want\u00a0displayed<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0second\u00a0parameter\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0name\u00a0you\u00a0want\u00a0assigned\u00a0to\u00a0this\u00a0form\u00a0element<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0third\u00a0parameter\u00a0is\u00a0optional.\u00a0Pass\u00a0the\u00a0value\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0item\u00a0that\u00a0should\u00a0be\u00a0checked
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*\/<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>$rows<\/span>=<\/span>db_numrows<\/span>(<\/span>$result<\/span>);
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0echo\u00a0<\/span>'<SELECT\u00a0NAME=\"'<\/span>.<\/span>$name<\/span>.<\/span>'\">'<\/span>;
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for\u00a0(<\/span>$i<\/span>=<\/span>0<\/span>;\u00a0<\/span>$i<\/span><<\/span>$rows<\/span>;\u00a0<\/span>$i<\/span>++)\u00a0{
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0echo\u00a0<\/span>'
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<OPTION\u00a0VALUE=\"'<\/span>.<\/span>db_result<\/span>(<\/span>$result<\/span>,<\/span>$i<\/span>,<\/span>0<\/span>).<\/span>'\"'<\/span>;
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0if\u00a0(<\/span>db_result<\/span>(<\/span>$result<\/span>,<\/span>$i<\/span>,<\/span>0<\/span>)\u00a0==\u00a0<\/span>$checked_val<\/span>)\u00a0{
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0echo\u00a0<\/span>'\u00a0SELECTED'<\/span>;
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0}
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0echo\u00a0<\/span>'>'<\/span>.<\/span>db_result<\/span>(<\/span>$result<\/span>,<\/span>$i<\/span>,<\/span>1<\/span>).<\/span>'<\/OPTION>'<\/span>;
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0}
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0echo\u00a0<\/span>'
\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/SELECT>'<\/span>;
\n
}<\/p>\n

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