how to retain buttons after clicking

[esandra]

//my program generates this button ($tcl) more than one times and then when i click it all the ($tcl) buttons would //disappear. what ive been trying to do here is when i click one of the $tcl buttons, they would remain visible until i choose //another date. how do i do this?

<table height="100%" width="70%">

<tr><form name="date" method="post">

//this part gets the date

        <td align="left">SELECT : <select name="date" id="date">

          <?php

  $query="select distinct date from arrastre order by date desc";

  $result=mysql_query($query);

  while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){

  $date=$row['date'];

echo "<option value='".$date."'>$date</option>";

  }

  ?>

            </select> 

//this the part that the $tcl buttons are created using $date from above as reference

      <input name="godate" type="submit" value="go"></form> <br><br><br>

</tr> 

<tr>

        <td align="left">TCL:

        <?php

if(isset($_POST['godate'])){

$date=$_POST['date'];

$query="select distinct tcl from arrastre where date='$date' order by tcl asc";

$result=mysql_query($query);

echo '<form method="POST"><input type="hidden" name="date" value="'. $date. '">';

while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){

$tcl=$row['tcl'];

?>

            <input type="submit" name="tcl" value="<?php echo $tcl; ?>">    //this is the button generated more than  one time depending on how many $tcl there on that date

            <?php } }

            ?>

            </form>

    </tr>

//this part takes the $tcl and $date to display the values from the database

  <?php

if((isset($_POST['tcl'])) && (isset($_POST['date']))){

$tcl=$_POST['tcl'];

$date=$_POST['date'];

$query = "select * from `arrastre` where `tcl` = '" . $tcl. "' and `date` = '" . $date . "' order by `tcl` asc";

$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

 

while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){

$orno=$row['orno'];

$billnmbr=$row['billnmbr'];

$payor=$row['payor'];

$arrastre=$row['arrastre'];

$wharfage=$row['wharfage'];

$total=$row['total'];

$date=$row['date'];

}

?>

<tr>///display part erased to shorten

    </tr>

    <?php }$_POST['tcl']=1;

}

 

?>

    <tr>

    <td colspan="3">

    <td colspan="2">total collections:

        <td align="right"><?php echo $totformat;?>

    </tr>

</table>

//my only problem here is that when i click a $tcl button and after it displays the form, all of the $tcl buttons would //disappear but i want them to still be there until i choose another date, only then should it display another set of $tcl //buttons

//thank you for your time 

[RussellReal]

I'd love to help you.. but you made like no sense also use

 tags please 

[esandra]

yea i know this picture is hard to understand..but i really need help so ill try again

1. i get distinct $date from database then put the values into a combo box

    user can choose a date by selecting date from combo box then click go button

2.  there may be more than 1 values of $tcl in one date so when i click a date which has more than one $tcl on it, there would be more than one $tcl buttons, one for every $tcl from that date

 

my problem is that whenever i click a $tcl button all of the buttons would disappear. what i want to happen here is for the buttons to remain where they are so i could choose another $tcl from that date without going back to the date combo box again and again.

 

so i want to choose date once and be able to click tcl lots of times from that date

thanks

[RussellReal]

try adding hidden fields to each form you create called 'godate' that will allow your first php block to execute

[fortnox007]

If you want immidiate action without reloading the page you need javascript or ajax which is almost the same but it sounds cooler.

[esandra]

try adding hidden fields to each form you create called 'godate' that will allow your first php block to execute

wow one line did it..thanks

[RussellReal]

no doubt mark as solved THANKS!