[SOLVED] using variables in another page

[CyberShot]

I have a test database set up on localhost. I have a form that I can type a name into, hit the button and it puts the name into the database and into a list on my page. it works fine. Now, I wanted to make a drop down list with all the names so that you could select one to remove that name from the database. So I did this

 

<form>
<select>
<option><?php echo $name ?></option>
</select>
</form>

 

  What that did was list the very last name in the list. What I thought it would do was list all the names based on the loop that I have set up to read all the names from the database. which is this

 

$mysql = new mysqli('localhost', 'myusername', 'mypass', 'mydatabase') or die('not working');

$result = $mysql->query("SELECT * FROM myTable") or die($mysql->error);

if($result)
{
while($row = $result->fetch_object())
{
	$name = $row->names;
	echo $name . "<br />";
}
}

 

  Now the while loop is in a file I called results and it is included in the index page with an include. I thought this would give me access to the $name variable and allow me to use it the same way it's being used in the loop. of course I was wrong, so how do I use it the same way?

[trq]

Your while loop would need to make an array.

 

$name = array();
while($row = $result->fetch_object())
{
  $name[] = $row->names;
}

 

Then...

<form>
<select>
<?php foreach ($name as $n): ?>
<option><?php echo $n ?></option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select>
</form>

[CyberShot]

well, that worked for my drop down, but messed up the list. So I tried putting in the foreach loop and it kinda worked but is outputting to many names.

[CyberShot]

figured it out. I had to move the foreach loop out of the while loop and now it works. like this

 

$mysql = new mysqli('localhost', 'root', 'pascal35', 'data') or die('not working');

$result = $mysql->query("SELECT * FROM myTable") or die($mysql->error);

if($result)
{
$name = array();
while($row = $result->fetch_object())
{	
	$name[] = $row->names;

}
foreach($name as $n):

	echo $n . "<br />";
	endforeach;
}

 

is that propper coding for the foreach loop? I just copied the foreach loop that you posted above.

[trq]

Having the two loops like that (one after the other) doesn't really make allot of sense.

[CyberShot]

can you offer a better sollution? The code works this way. One loops returns the value for a drop down list, the other one returns the same value for a normal list. Just displays the names on the screen.

[cags]

while($row = $result->fetch_object()) {   
   echo $row->names . "<br />"; 
}

 

[CyberShot]

i had that at one time. I had to change it to add the drop down