i have found my problem, quick soloution needed

[simbawoomba]

i have the following code

[code]<select  size="10" id="templateList" name="templateList" onchange="<?php $a = strtoint(templateList.value);
print $templateList>value;
    echo 'displayTemplate('.$templateArray[$a][1].',MessageTemplate)';

?>

">;

<?php
  print $numberOfTemplates;
  for ($i=0 ; $i<$numberOfTemplates; $i++){
 
print '<option value="'.$i.'">'.$templateArray[$i][0].'</option>';
  } 
 
  ?>

                        </select>                [/code]

Specifically in this bit of code :

[code]
$a = strtoint(templateList.value);
[/code]

the templateList.value is not actually passing the value, it is just passing the text templateList.value. could someone please help, it should be passing the actual value of templateList.valuewhich is "0" or "1" or somthing like that,

thanks

[ToonMariner]

have you managed to confuse php with asp or js?

templateList.value is a construct from more traditional oop languages.

[simbawoomba]

nooo the templateList.value is the value of the listbox,

i have a listbox and a text area, depending on what is selected from the listbox, a different message will be shown in the text area,

to get what has been selected from the listbox i use templateList.value, which is the name of the listbox, and the . value bit returns the value of which option has been selected, i can get this number to print out into the text box, but i dont want the number, i want to use the number to select thr right peice of text from an array

i hope this makes sense,

or if there is another way around what i am trying to do

my array is in php and therefore i think i need to use php in this bit

[taith]

if your wanting active content on one page, you will need ajax/js. php will not help here.