Buttons, events and PHP. Advice please

[Johnain]

Hi all

 

I am building my first PHP display and update form, and so far it runs like a dream (tp my amazement). However I am taking my time with this because I want it to be a "standard form" ... almost a class, for future forms of the same type.

 

Basically, it does this.

 

1 Selects all data from a MySQL table, sticks it in a table for on-screen display and then shows it.  Scrollbars, locked columns on the left , alternate colours on rows and other magic.

 

Now I want to offer the user the opportunity to redisplay the form with filters and sort orders initiated by on-screen buttons.

 

I tried onclick, but it will not go to my PHP function.

 

Do I have to set up a "mini form" for each button and redisplay the whole page with the newly sorted and filtered data, or is there something I am missing?

 

John

[AndyB]

Although it doesn't provide every bit of the 'magic' you asked for, it goes a very long way towards it, and it's free, and it can be set up in just a few minutes.

 

phpMyEdit

 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyedit

[Johnain]

That is really good. Thanks. As you say, it may not do it all. But it is a good looking solution.

 

Thanks