Dynamic Listy Boxes

[jenniferG]

we are trying to  buid some dynamic list boxes.  Our  code that  generates the

listbox  creates  a string  containing the list box definition and the  last line of the  file

is echo  $outstr.  When we  execute this, the list box works fine. Now when we embed it into am html page  in this way: <?php  include statuslistbox.php  ?>, we get  errors  that  say "constant  statuslistbox.php  not defined"  The listbox define file has  the php brackets  top and bottom. The embeding html has no brackets other than the

ones show above. It seems to make no difference  if the calling file  is a php extension html extension.

Thanks,

Jennifer       

[pocobueno1388]

<?php  
   include 'statuslistbox.php';   
?>

 

Your forgot the quotes, and ending semi-colon. Try it that way.

[ballhogjoni]

you can't add php to a html file.

[rameshfaj]

You first ensure that the page is a php page.

 

//here goes the query that access the data from the database

//close php tag

<select name="mylist">

<option value="<?php $result_of_query?>"><?php $result_of_query?></option>

</select>

//for other processing start and close the php tag as required.