[Question on using CSS menuing with unorganized lists and the a tag]

I have a menu that is derived with CSS and an unorganized list as such:

 

<ul>

      <li id="li1"><a href="#" id="mainMenu1" accesskey="1" title="" class="menuItem1">1</a></li>

      <li id="li2"><a href="#" id="mainMenu2" accesskey="2" title="" class="menuItem2">2</a>

            <ul>

                    <li id="li2a"><a href="#" id="mainMenu2" accesskey="2" title="" class="subMenuItem1">2a</a></li>

            </ul>

      </li>

      <liid="li3"><a href="#" id="mainMenu1" accesskey="3" title="" class="menuItem3">3</a></li>

</ul>

 

When a user hovers over li2 , I have hover css for both the list item (li2) and the a link (menuItem2) working fine.  For this particular purpose I want to have different CSS attributes for the li and a tags when hovered over.

 

When I hover over menuItem2 down to the sub menu item (subMenuItem2), the css hover attributes applied to the higher level li (li2) stay, but the they disappear for the a link (subMenuItem1) defaulting back to the default a CSS attributes.

 

What do I do in CSS to have the attributes stick for the a tag in this particular situation when hovering over a lower level list item?

 

Thanks

[How am I to intrepre the following php code]

Thanks again for trying to help.  Unfortunately, I have issues that I haven't been able to resolve.  No errors, I just don't get any data. 

 

Using the code above, the numbers represent an actual order number, there is data in the fields, but for some reason I don't get anything back when I trying to use it in a function on the page.  I have the exact same code in another part of part of the page tha tis not in a function and it works fine, pulling the data from the tables and displaying it in an echo. 

 

The function that I am trying to accomplish the same thing in is to e-mail the same information that echoe's successfully.  I am about to pull my hair out trying to figure out why I can't get any data.

 

Any ideas? 

[How am I to intrepre the following php code]

Thanks!  That was very hefpful.  Yes, I am using DreamWeaver but only because this particular web app was created 5 years ago in it and has several add-ins.

 

What editor do you recommend.  I am usually developing with .net using Visual Studio. 

 

Also, if I were to write the following code:

 

$orderID = '45495562754892521062894091';

mysql_select_db($database_mx_shop, $t_shop);

$query_rsOrderDetails = sprintf("SELECT * FROM orderdetail_ode WHERE idord_ode = $orderID");

$rsOrderDetails = mysql_query($query_rsOrderDetails, $t_shop);

$row_rsOrderDetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsOrderDetails);

 

If I have a field named "firstname" in the database "orderdetail" , would I not use the following code to get the value that is in "firstname" for the record with the the primarkey 45495562754892521062894091 ?

$firstname = $row_rsOrderDetails['firstname'];

 

Thanks again for the assistance.

[How am I to intrepre the following php code]

 

In the following code: what do the following basicall do?

1.) $colname_rsOrderDetails = "-1";

2.) $colname_rsOrderDetails = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_SESSION['id_ord'] : addslashes($_SESSION['id_ord']);

3.) $query_rsOrderDetails = sprintf("SELECT * FROM orderdetail_ode WHERE idord_ode = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsOrderDetails, "text"));

 

And also what does the %s stand for

4.) %s

 

$colname_rsOrderDetails = "-1";

  $_SESSION['id_ord'] = "{id_ord}";

if (isset($_SESSION['id_ord'])) {

  $colname_rsOrderDetails = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_SESSION['id_ord'] : addslashes($_SESSION['id_ord']);

}

mysql_select_db($database_t_shop, $t_shop);

$query_rsOrderDetails = sprintf("SELECT * FROM orderdetail_ode WHERE idord_ode = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsOrderDetails, "text"));

$rsOrderDetails = mysql_query($query_rsOrderDetails, $mx_shop); or die(mysql_error());

$row_rsOrderDetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsOrderDetails);

 

 

 

[What is the simplest way to display an alert with a the value of a php variable]

Using Javascript, how do I do an alert and show the value of a variable?

 

thanks

[I am new to PHP and trying to debug some old code. How am I to reade the follow]

Thanks for the replies.  That cleared up some confusion for me.

 

I still have a problem though.

 

Trying to set a variable = to a value in following way, I can't get access to it in a function for some reason.  But I konw the variable has a value because If I echo it outside the function I am trying to call it from I get the correct results on the screen.

 

$colname_rsOrderInformation = "-1";

if (isset($_SESSION['KT_kartOrderId'])) {

  $colname_rsOrderInformation = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_SESSION['KT_kartOrderId'] : addslashes($_SESSION['KT_kartOrderId']);

}

mysql_select_db($database_t_shop, $t_shop);

$query_rsOrderInformation = sprintf("SELECT * FROM order_ord WHERE id_ord = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsOrderInformation, "text"));

$rsOrderInformation = mysql_query($query_rsOrderInformation, $mx_shop) or die(mysql_error());

$row_rsOrderInformation = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsOrderInformation);

$totalRows_rsOrderInformation = mysql_num_rows($rsOrderInformation);

 

$test = $row_rsOrderInformation['email_ord'];  //email_ord exists in the table and a value will show up if echoed outside of the function but it won't show up with-in the function.

//$test = 'test1';  // If is use this value for the variable, it will show up in the function.

function Trigger_SendEmail(&$tNG) {

  $emailObj = new tNG_Email($tNG);

  $emailObj->setFrom("orders@acme.com");

$emailObj->setTo("{email_ord}");

  $emailObj->setCC("");

  $emailObj->setBCC("");

 

  $emailObj->setContent($GLOBALS['test']);  //Note: I will get a correct value here if $test is set to anything other then the value of a field from the table

 

  $emailObj->setEncoding("ISO-8859-1");

  $emailObj->setFormat("Text");

  $emailObj->setImportance("Normal");

  return $emailObj->Execute();

}

//end Trigger_SendEmail trigger

 

 

What am I doing wrong?

[I am new to PHP and trying to debug some old code. How am I to reade the follow]

I am new to PHP and trying to debug some old code.  How am I to read the following:

 

$properties = $GLOBALS['Props'];

 

I am guesisin that it is saying:

 

Create a string variable named $porperties and set it equal to the Global variable of 'Props'.

 

But I assume my interpretation is wrong since I get some weird results.

[Trying to use a variable in the sendto of an e-mail with php causing problem]

If I hard code the To address such as a@acme.com  into my email function, no problems.  But if I try using a variable I get an error.  The error doesn't give me any valuable information and is generated from some old code that I never wrote.

 

If I place the same variable such as "a@acme.com" into any other field such as content, subject I get the value for the variable so I know that it isn't null.

 

I have tried all the methods of converting to a string and nothing changes.

 

Any ideas?

[What is the correct using php to see if a checkbox is checked or not.]

What is the best way using php to see if a checkbox is checked or not.

 

I see so many different options out there googling, that I am interested knowing the most robust method.

 

Thanks

[Problem with concenating a string for some reason.]

Thanks for the replies.  I am not normally using PHP (.net instead) and so I may be making some wrong assumptions here.  This is some rather old code that I didn't write, and I am trying to fix some things that never worked.

 

The existing code updates a record like this:

$updRecord_ord->addColumn("firstname_ord", "STRING_TYPE", "POST", "firstname_ord");

 

I can put any single form variable (i.e. lastname_ord, address_ord) in where the second "firstname_ord" is, and I do not have a problem. But if I try to place a variable that has been concenated instad, I get nothing as a result.  No error, just nothing.  If I have a name in the firstname field of the textbox, the record gets updated with the first name.

 

Here is a sample of the code:

$firstname = "firstname_ord". " " . "lastname_ord";

$updRecord_ord->addColumn("firstname_ord", "STRING_TYPE", "POST", $firstname);

 

firstname_ord and lastname_ord are names of textboxes as well as to have matcing names for columns in a MySQL Table.

 

They are in a table as such:

 

 

    <td>

      input type="text" name="firstname_ord" id="firstname_ord" value="<?php echo ASescapeAttribute($row_rs_ord['firstname_ord']); ?>" />

      </td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

      <td><input type="text" name="lastname_ord" id="lastname_ord" value="<?php echo ASescapeAttribute($row_rs_ord['lastname_ord']); ?>" />

        </td>

    </tr>

[Problem with concenating a string for some reason.]

I normally don't have a problem with concenation, but for some reason I can't get it work in this case.

 

I have two form variables: firstname_ord and lastname_ord.

I have tried concenating them several ways, and get nothing afterwards.

 

attempt 1:

$lastname = "firstname_ord" . " " . "lastname_ord";

 

attempt 2:

$firstname = "firstname_ord";

$lastname = "lastname_ord";

$fullname = $firstname . " " . $lastname;

 

attempt 3:

$fullname = "firstname_ord";

$fullname = $fullname. " " . "lastname_ord";

 

attempt 4:

$fullname = "firstname_ord";

$fullname .="lastname_ord";

 

attempt 5:

 

$fullname = (string)"firstname_ord";

$fullname .= " ";

$fullname .=(string)"lastname_ord";