Grid type of layout - how do i do it

[am_25]

Hi,

I'm doing a small time sheet application. How can I have several rows and i need each row to be created dynamically after I press Tab at the last col. Is this possible.

something like a table structure.

Kindly help

 

[JasonLewis]

so you want it to happen browser-side not server-side?

[benjaminbeazy]

please explain better...

[am_25]

I need it to happen on the browser side. When I submit, all the contents of the form should be submitted to the DB.

 

It is a time sheet application. Any idea if there are any tutorials.

Thanks

[boo_lolly]

browser-side scripting can be done with javascript. php is a server-side language. your task seems like a difficult one. i recommend using both scripting languages.

 

to answer your question, yes. it is possible. here's an example how:

<?php
        /*connect to the database*/
        $db = mysql_connect("xxx", "xxx", "xxx");
        mysql_select_db("your_db", $db) OR die("<div align=\"center\"><font color=\"FF0000\">
                                                Sorry, could not connect to the database.
                                                Please try again later.</font></div><br />\n");

        /*query table*/
        $sql = "SELECT column1, column2, column3 FROM your_table";
        $query = mysql_query($sql) OR die($sql ."\ncaused the <i>following</i> error:\n". mysql_error());

        /*begin results table*/
        echo "<table border=\"0\">\n".
             "\t<tr><th>column1</th><th>column2</th><th>column3</th></tr>".
             "\t<tr>\n";

        /*establish incriment*/
        $i = 0;

        /*populate results*/
        while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
                $i++;
                (($i % 3 == 0) ? ("\t</tr>\n\t<tr>") : (""));
                echo "<td>". $row['column1'] ."</td><td>". $row['column2'] ."</td><td>". $row['column3'] ."</td>\n";
        }
        
        /*end table*/
        echo "</table>\n";
?>

[boo_lolly]

??? apparently i misunderstood exactly what you wanted to do. your topic and your post are two different things, it's confusing. my above example only illustrates how to populate an html table with the results from querying a database. if you're talking about key-stroke responsive language, it'd be javascript. or ajax, they are very similar languages.

 

try tizag and w3schools