MargateSteve Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I have searched for a solution to this but as I am not quite sure what I am searching for (as the title may prove) I have had no joy. The term I have used is the way it is described in PHPMaker. What I am looking to do, is allow a user to select an option, via a drop down menu populated from a MySQL table, but if the option is not there, they can then add the option without having to refresh the page. As a rough example, if I had a dropdown that allowed users to select their country, the database table may have id country 1England 2Scotland 3Wales If a user was from Ireland, I would like them to click on an 'Add Country' button, fill in a form on the same page, and on submitting, the option would be added to the table and appear in the dropdown. If anyone can explain what term I need to search for, I would be grateful. Thanks in advance Steve Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/244520-add-to-mysql-dropdown-list-on-the-fly/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunfighter Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Since you are changing the HTML and your database to include a new country with out a page refresh I think your looking for AJAX techniques. This might help get you started http://www.openjs.com/articles/ajax_xmlhttp_using_post.php Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/244520-add-to-mysql-dropdown-list-on-the-fly/#findComment-1256810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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