MadRueNRG(UK) Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Greetings all, I am currently in the process of setting up a e-commerce suite on a client website but as I am a PHP MySQL newbie, I have come accross a few problems. I have a product page which has static information on it. I have a form with a dropdown box. I want this dropdown box to show data from three different columns in a MySQL database table. These would be, Colour, Size and Price. I have the database setup and running with Apache, PHP and MySQL all installed, configured and fully operational. I am using Dreamweaver MX 2004 and have already setup the dropdown on the page using the DW insert List/Menu feature. I have been able to select what dynamic data I would like to show by use of a recordset I have already setup with all the relevant columns. The first problem I have is the DW insert list/menu feature only allows me to show one column of data. I want to show all three one after the other in the same dropdown box. I am sure this is possible because I have done this using SQL in MS Access. I am unsure how this is done in PHP MySQL. The second problem I have is that I would like the selected data from the dropdown to be transported to the next page which will be the Review Cart page. I have read on forums that the use of variables would do this for me but am unsure as to how I would implement them into dropdown on the product page. The third problem I have is I do not quite understand how the dropdown would only show the Colour, Size and Price options for the product of that product page. I have a dynamic dropdown tutorial which states that a parents and child lists would be needed, but seeing as I am only having one dropdown box, I think the child list would not be necessary. Would I need to put a parentID column in the database table and give an ID for each set of options? for example, Bracelet would have Silver, Gold and Silver Plate. Would I need to put an ID of 1 for each of these and then go on to put 2 for the next set of options for another product and 3 for the next and so on? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank-you all, Regards, Rue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooters Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Do not use dreamweaver code with PHP5 and MYSQL. They are not compatible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpheus.100 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Have my English skills evaded me. At what point did the poster mention php5 and what relevance does any part of your answer have to the query. $hooter + $forum_posting = $incompatible; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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