[SOLVED] $compass array help

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

In this script:

<?php
  $compass = array ("Center Point","Birmingham","Trussville","Fultondale") ;
  foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo ("<option");
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo (" selected");
     echo (">$possibility");
  }
  ?>

When I go to select the possible choices which would be ("Center Point","Birmingham","Trussville","Fultondale") I would like them to show up in different colors depending on which I choose. However i dont know where to start.

If someone could help me that would be great as im a noob to this stuff.

Thanks,

Kenny

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

Here is the WHOLE script that includes what I have typed in the post above this:

Like I said if I choose Center Point then I want it to show up in a certain color and if I chose Birmingham have it show up in another color. But dont know how to do this.

<html>
<head><title>911 Dispatch Logs</title></head>
<body bgcolor="#002233" text=white>
<H1>911 Dispatch Logs - <a href=" hidden "><font color="#CCCCCC" size="2">Refresh</a></font>
</H1>
<?php
// This is a form with "sticky" fields .....

?>


<form method=post>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="50%">
<TR>
<TD>Department:</TD>
<TD><select name=one>
  <?php
  $compass = array ("Center Point","Birmingham","Trussville","Fultondale") ;
  foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo ("<option");
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo (" selected");
     echo (">$possibility");
  }
  ?></select></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Received:</TD>
<TD><input name=two size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); echo date(DATE_RFC822);?>"<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["two"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Unit(s):</TD>
<TD><input name=three size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["three"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Location:</TD>
<TD><input name=four size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["four"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Type of Call:</TD>
<TD><input name=five size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["five"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Details:</TD>
<TD><input name=six size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["six"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</select>
<input type="Submit" value="Submit" name="Submit">
<input type="Reset" value="Clear" name="Clear">
</form>

<?php
// Save all the fields on any previous form to a file
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])){
    $fh = fopen("../test","a");
    fputs($fh,
    $_POST["one"]." | ".
    $_POST["two"]." | ".
    $_POST["three"]." | ".
    $_POST["four"]." | ".
    $_POST["five"]." | ".
    $_POST["six"]."".
    "\n");
fclose($fh);
}
?>

<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #808080" COLOR=white><b>
<?php
// Echo the file contents onto the end of the form
$stuff = implode("",file("../test"));
echo (nl2br(htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($stuff))));
?></b>
</FONT>

</body>
</html>

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

out of all these people online no one can help me

I cant learn if I dont get any help.

I would help others with their questions but I dont know much about PHP yet

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

just create an array with the colours in it for each value...then echo back

echo "<span style=\"" $color[$i]\">$compass[$i]</span";

or something similiar

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

I did just that but an getting this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/alabamaw/public_html/beta/dispatch/test.php on line 23

Ideas?

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

umm that was sloppy coding on my part

foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo "<option style=\"background-color: " . $color[$i] . "\"";
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo (" selected");
     echo ">$possibility";
  }

but you will have to make some modifications to your needs.

emehrkay · July 28, 2007

also, i dont think you're outputting valid html

try

foreach ($compass as $possibility) {

$sel = ($_POST['val'] == $possibility) 'selected="selected"' : '';

echo "<option value=\"". $possibility ."\" ". $sel .">". $possibility ."</option>\n";

}

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

$color = array(0=>"#BBBBBB",1=>"#CCCCCC",2=>"#FFFFFF",3=>"#EEEEEE");
$i = 0;
foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo "<option style=\"background-color: " . $color[$i] . "\"";
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo "selected=\"selected\"";
     echo ">" . $possibility . "</option>\n";
     $i++;
  }

maybe something like that

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

also, i dont think you're outputting valid html

try

foreach ($compass as $possibility) {

$sel = ($_POST['val'] == $possibility) 'selected="selected"' : '';

echo "<option value=\"". $possibility ."\" ". $sel .">". $possibility ."</option>\n";

}

Using that gives me:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

I think he forgot the ? mark

foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
$sel = ($_POST['val'] == $possibility) ? 'selected="selected"' : '';
echo "<option value=\"". $possibility ."\" ". $sel .">". $possibility ."</option>\n";
}

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

$color = array(0=>"#BBBBBB",1=>"#CCCCCC",2=>"#FFFFFF",3=>"#EEEEEE");
$i = 0;
foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo "<option style=\"background-color: " . $color[$i] . "\"";
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo "selected=\"selected\"";
     echo ">" . $possibility . "</option>\n";
     $i++;
  }

maybe something like that

Load this webpage:

http://www.alabamaweather.org/beta/dispatch/test.php

Now click the drop down arrow. Using the script you listed above made the choices in the drop down arrow colored in the background.

Go ahead and hit the submit button and you will see that the department choice is still white.

Its the department text in the output that needs to be a set color.

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

I think he forgot the ? mark

foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
$sel = ($_POST['val'] == $possibility) ? 'selected="selected"' : '';
echo "<option value=\"". $possibility ."\" ". $sel .">". $possibility ."</option>\n";
}

Im not as much worried about the valid html right now as I am for the department colors.

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

Umm the link you gave me is a restricted area so I have no idea what to see.

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

Umm the link you gave me is a restricted area so I have no idea what to see.

4 got, sorry...try this one:

http://www.alabamaweather.org/beta/testing/dispatch_test.php

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

$color = array(0=>"#BBBBBB",1=>"#CCCCCC",2=>"#FFFFFF",3=>"#EEEEEE");
$i = 0;
foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo "<option style=\"background-color: " . $color[$i] . "\" value=\"<span style=\"color: " . $color[$i] . "\">" . $possibility . "</span>\"";
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo "selected=\"selected\"";
     echo ">" . $possibility . "</option>\n";
     $i++;
  }

something like that, so when you load the file they'll be colored, provided you remove the <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #808080">

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

$color = array(0=>"#BBBBBB",1=>"#CCCCCC",2=>"#FFFFFF",3=>"#EEEEEE");
$i = 0;
foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo "<option style=\"background-color: " . $color[$i] . "\" value=\"<span style=\"color: " . $color[$i] . "\">" . $possibility . "</span>\"";
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo "selected=\"selected\"";
     echo ">" . $possibility . "</option>\n";
     $i++;
  }

something like that, so when you load the file they'll be colored, provided you remove the <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #808080">

unfortunately, that does not work...

http://www.alabamaweather.org/beta/testing/dispatch_test.php

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

rather use

$color = array(0=>"#BBBBBB",1=>"#CCCCCC",2=>"#FFFFFF",3=>"#EEEEEE");
$i = 0;
foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo "<option style=\"background-color: " . $color[$i] . "\"";
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo "selected=\"selected\"";
     echo "value=\"" . $possibility . ":" . $color[$i] . ":>" . $possibility . "</option>\n";
     $i++;
  }

and for the file printing

replace echo (nl2br(htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($stuff))));

with

$value = explode("\n",$stuff);
$count = count($value);
for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++){
$b = stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(explode(":",$value[$i])));
print "<span style=\"color: " . $b[1] . "\">" . $b[0] . "</span>" . $b[2];
}

removed an extra "

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

Im just setting here laughing now...its the only thing to do when you cant get something to work right

http://www.alabamaweather.org/beta/testing/dispatch_test.php

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

Ok I think i have the script properly re-written. Ill just add it at the end of this post.

<html>
<head><title>911 Dispatch Logs</title></head>
<body bgcolor="#002233" text=white>
<H1>911 Dispatch Logs - <a href=" hidden "><font color="#CCCCCC" size="2">Refresh</a></font>
</H1>
<?php
// This is a form with "sticky" fields .....
?>
<form method=post>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="50%">
<TR>
<TD>Department:</TD>
<TD><select name=one>
<?php
$compass = array("Center Point","Birmingham","Trussville","Fultondale") ;
$color = array(0=>"#BBBBBB",1=>"#CCCCCC",2=>"#FFFFFF",3=>"#EEEEEE");
$i = 0;
foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo "<option style=\"background-color: " . $color[$i] . "\"";
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo "selected=\"selected\"";
     echo " value=\"" . $possibility . "^" . $color[$i] . "^\">" . $possibility . "</option>\n";
     $i++;
  }
  ?></select></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Received:</TD>
<TD><input name=two size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); echo date(DATE_RFC822);?>"<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["two"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Unit(s):</TD>
<TD><input name=three size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["three"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Location:</TD>
<TD><input name=four size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["four"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Type of Call:</TD>
<TD><input name=five size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["five"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Details:</TD>
<TD><input name=six size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["six"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</select>
<input type="Submit" value="Submit" name="Submit">
<input type="Reset" value="Clear" name="Clear">
</form>

<?php
// Save all the fields on any previous form to a file
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])){
    $fh = fopen("../test","a");
    fputs($fh,
    $_POST["one"]." | ".
    $_POST["two"]." | ".
    $_POST["three"]." | ".
    $_POST["four"]." | ".
    $_POST["five"]." | ".
    $_POST["six"]."".
    "\n");
fclose($fh);
}
// Echo the file contents onto the end of the form
$stuff = implode("",file("../test"));
$value = explode("\n",$stuff);
$count = count($value);
for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++){
$b = explode("^",$value[$i]);
$b[0] = stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($b[0]));
$b[1] = stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($b[1]));
$b[2] = stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($b[2]));
print "<span style=\"color: " . $b[1] . "\">" . $b[0] . "</span>" . $b[2] ."<br>";
}
?>
</body>
</html>

I was busy earlier but I managed to make up some sort of solution.

All you have to do to change colours is view a hex chart like this

http://www.draac.com/hexchart.html

and modify the values in the $color array accordingly.

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

Ok I think i have the script properly re-written. Ill just add it at the end of this post.

<html>
<head><title>911 Dispatch Logs</title></head>
<body bgcolor="#002233" text=white>
<H1>911 Dispatch Logs - <a href=" hidden "><font color="#CCCCCC" size="2">Refresh</a></font>
</H1>
<?php
// This is a form with "sticky" fields .....
?>
<form method=post>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="50%">
<TR>
<TD>Department:</TD>
<TD><select name=one>
<?php
$compass = array("Center Point","Birmingham","Trussville","Fultondale") ;
$color = array(0=>"#BBBBBB",1=>"#CCCCCC",2=>"#FFFFFF",3=>"#EEEEEE");
$i = 0;
foreach ($compass as $possibility) {
     echo "<option style=\"background-color: " . $color[$i] . "\"";
     if ($_POST["one"] == $possibility) echo "selected=\"selected\"";
     echo " value=\"" . $possibility . "^" . $color[$i] . "^\">" . $possibility . "</option>\n";
     $i++;
  }
  ?></select></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Received:</TD>
<TD><input name=two size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); echo date(DATE_RFC822);?>"<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["two"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Unit(s):</TD>
<TD><input name=three size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["three"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Location:</TD>
<TD><input name=four size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["four"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Type of Call:</TD>
<TD><input name=five size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["five"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Details:</TD>
<TD><input name=six size=60 maxlength=100
  value="<?php
  echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST["six"])));
  ?>" size=15></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</select>
<input type="Submit" value="Submit" name="Submit">
<input type="Reset" value="Clear" name="Clear">
</form>

<?php
// Save all the fields on any previous form to a file
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])){
    $fh = fopen("../test","a");
    fputs($fh,
    $_POST["one"]." | ".
    $_POST["two"]." | ".
    $_POST["three"]." | ".
    $_POST["four"]." | ".
    $_POST["five"]." | ".
    $_POST["six"]."".
    "\n");
fclose($fh);
}
// Echo the file contents onto the end of the form
$stuff = implode("",file("../test"));
$value = explode("\n",$stuff);
$count = count($value);
for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++){
$b = explode("^",$value[$i]);
$b[0] = stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($b[0]));
$b[1] = stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($b[1]));
$b[2] = stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($b[2]));
print "<span style=\"color: " . $b[1] . "\">" . $b[0] . "</span>" . $b[2] ."<br>";
}
?>
</body>
</html>

I was busy earlier but I managed to make up some sort of solution.

All you have to do to change colours is view a hex chart like this

http://www.draac.com/hexchart.html

and modify the values in the $color array accordingly.

It works...but other things are showing up???

http://www.alabamaweather.org/beta/testing/dispatch_test.php

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

You need to open the FILE "../test" and empty its contents.

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

Read the last line

http://www.alabamaweather.org/beta/testing/dispatch_test.php

lightningstrike · July 28, 2007

lol no problem, just remember to press the topic solved button.

TFD3 · July 28, 2007

lol no problem, just remember to press the topic solved button.

just did

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