dta is not being fetched in both the combobox

[a65]

why i am not able to show the fetched data in both the combobox. it is being shown in only one combobox

<tr><td>account from transfer</td><td><select name="accountname">
<?php
while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
?>
<option value="<?php echo($row['account_name']); ?>"><?php echo($row['account_name']); ?></option>
<?php
}
?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>


<tr><td>account to transfer</td><td><select name="accountname2">
<?php
while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
?>
<option value="<?php echo($row['account_name']); ?>"><?php echo($row['account_name']); ?></option>
<?php
}
?>
</select>
</td></tr>

[haku]

You need to reset the internal pointer to the first element before you can use $result again:

 

<tr><td>account to transfer</td><td><select name="accountname2">
<?php
reset($result);
while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result))

[a65]

now i am getting reset()expects parameter 1 to be array

[a65]

again writing the query solved my problem...

[haku]

Apologies, wrong function. mysql_data_seek() is the function you want, not reset(). reset() is for arrays, as the error you are seeing is informing you.

[Christian F.]

An even better way to do this would be to construct both drop-downs in the first loop, using a variable to hold the constructed data. Considering the fact that both dropdowns contain the exact same data, this is by far the most preferred solution.

 

$dropTemplate = '<option value="%s">%1$s</option>'."\n";
$dropOptions = '';
while ($row = $res->fetch_row ()) {
   $dropOptions .= sprintf ($dropTemplate, htmlspecialchars ($row['account_name'));
}

 

Then just echo out $dropOptions where you want the options.