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[ZeroRence]

I'm fairly new to php, so i'm probably missing something easy, but for some reason this doesn't work like i think it should.

 

<?php
#Un comment the next line when time to go live.
#$Dept = $_COOKIE['DeptNo'];
$Dept = '114';
$Typea = "<option>Choose One</option>";
require_once ("../Connections/Prodnet.php");
$query = "select Distinct Type from ARR_Errors where DeptNo = \"$DeptNo\"";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
$TP = $row['Type'];
$Typea .= "<option value=\"$TP\">$TP</option>";
}

?>

 

This doesn't give me a list of options when i try and echo it, in fact, it seems to fail right about when i create the variable $Typea

 

Any help?

[dptr1988]

Have yo checked that "../Connections/Prodnet.php" is getting included properly.

 

Have you set error_reporting to E_ALL? You should be getting error messages.

 

http://www.phpcodinghelp.com/article.php?article=debug#basic_error_messages

[pwes24]

One thing the <option> tag should be in between the <select> </select> tag.