javascript event handling with php

[forumsudhir]

how to call php function by combobox select event through javascript....................

[vurentjie]

if i am not mistaken, this is not possible, as php gets processed first,then javascript, i might be wrong

[forumsudhir]

i just want to handle combobox event in php web page so pls tall me what should i do.......

[vurentjie]

hi, sorry was away for a while from these forums.

 

basically your best bet if you want to manipuate combo boxes with php is to look at the following code snippet and learn something perhaps, not the most difficult but could get you started

 

 
$comparr[0]="Trade in firearms";
$comparr[1]="Manufacture firearms";
$comparr[2]="Conduct Business as a gunsmith";
$comparr[3]="Possess a firearm";


$compopt = "<option value=''> </option>";

for($ee = 0; $ee <=3; $ee++)
{
     if($comparr[$ee] == $row['type'])
     {
    $compopt .= "<option selected='yes' value='".$comparr[$ee]."'>".$comparr[$ee]."</option>";
     }
    else
    {
    $compopt .= "<option value='".$comparr[$ee]."'>".$comparr[$ee]."</option>";
    }
}

 

in this example what gets played on is whether a mysql search result is the same as any predefined select items and if so it automatically gets selected.

 

but actually javascript is the best way to do this stuff