php and or ajax

[r-it]

Hi there, i'm having a bit of a problem fathoming the processing behind popups and auto refreshing. I have a dropdown where you would select a client, and if the client does not yet exist, you are shown a popup in which you enter the new clients details (and are then stored in a database), once that is completed, you return to the dropdown, and it is/ has been automatically updated, and thus you can select it. anyone who has done something similar please help by sharing your code or by providing an algorithm.

 

Thanks

[MadTechie]

if you don't want to refresh the whole page then your need to look at ajax/javascript or frames, but for starters get it working with pure php,

 

the basics are

create a form with a drop down list,

then make that dropdown dynamic (build from a DB or flatfile)

then ajax it

 

this example may help. Dynamic DropDown PHP/AJAX