[nassau]

i'm trying to make a page where the user can select (checkbox) items from a list. i want the selected items to be displayed on the following page when user hits submit. on that following page there will be a new list of items. i want the user to be able to select items from that lst too and ADD them to the list of selected items.

sort of like a shopping cart. only problem is, i don't know how to create the forms and PHP code for this. i'm sure it's pretty simple but i just can't make it work.


thanks for any help!

[End User]

Originally Posted by nassau

sort of like a shopping cart. only problem is, i don't know how to create the forms and PHP code for this. i'm sure it's pretty simple but i just can't make it work.

Why do people who ask for assistance always claim that the code they want someone else to write for them is "simple"? If it's so simple, why don't they do it?

Seriously, doing web forms that have persistent information etc etc isn't brain surgery, but it's not "simple". Simple is "Hello World".

[nassau]

why do people misread and misquote? i said "i am sure is pretty simple", meaning it's hard for me but might be simple for those who know how to do it.

anyone who knows how to do this is most welcome to help.

[moronovich]

hi nassau, maybe we can talk about this when i get back online at my messenger

[Klesti]

You can do it using SESSIONS

So take a look at sessions.

PHP Code:

//Shoping cart example 



session_start();



//Lets supose $_SESSION['shop_cart'] is the array of shopping cart and $item is the item passed from another script



array_push($_SESSION['shop_cart'], $item); 



//To show the shoping cart just work with the array $_SESSION['shop_cart'];



while (list($key, $val) = each($_SESSION['shop_cart'])) {

    echo "$key => $val\n";

} 

[nassau]

thanks Kleisti and Moronovich (i'll talk to u on YIM, already emailed u about this before i read this thread again).