[9999]

Lets say I have a PHP generated in a box on an index page: www.mysite.com/index.php

On this index page, I have some pull downs that lets a visitor select some search parameters for example and that is posted to a file called "select.php". In my select.php file I have an echo line that generates the output, how can I display this output back on the index page in the same fashion that my original page was? I have a working output that just prints on a blank page.

[billthecat]

Not sure about all your requirements - maybe you can change this for your needs:

index.php:

PHP Code:

<?php 

session_start();



if (isset($_SESSION["selectmenu"]))

  echo "You selected " . $_SESSION["selectmenu"] . "!<br />";

else

  echo "no selection made yet!<br />";

?>

<h4>My Form</h4> 

<form action="select.php" method="post" name="selection">

<select size="1" name="selectmenu">

<option value="" selected>Select A State</option>

<option value="New York">New York</option>

<option value="California">California</option>

<option value="Florida">Florida</option>

<option value="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</option>

</select>

<input type="submit" value="Submit">

</form>

select.php:

PHP Code:

<?php

session_start();



echo $_POST['selectmenu'];

$_SESSION['selectmenu'] = $_POST['selectmenu'];



?>

<br /><br />

<a href="index.php">Go back</a> to the index page and see the post.

[billthecat]

Thanks nico_swd

[9999]

Thanks. I'm sorry, here is a better description of what I'm talking about. On my index page I display the date and some "tips of the day" (tip.php-displayed in an iframe) derived from a delimited text file.

PHP Code:

<div align="center"

<?php

   echo date("<b>F j</b>");

?>

</div>

PHP Code:

<?php //tip.php This displays on the index page in an iframe



$file = file('data.txt');

$today = getdate();



echo'<table style="width:400px; height:200px; padding:0px; border:0px"><tr><td>';

foreach ($file as $line => $data)

{

    list($month, $day, $year, $tip) = explode('|', trim($data) );

 

    if ($today['month'] == $month AND $today['mday'] == $day)   

 {

   

         echo '<font face="Times New Roman" size="2px">'. $tip .'</font>';

         echo "<p>";

   

   }

}

echo'</td></tr></table>';

?>

The iframe:

Code:

<iframe name="iFrame1" width=425 height=225 src="tip.php" scrolling="auto" frameborder="0"></iframe>

After viewing that, the view would then be able to select any day of the year and go to that result:

Code:

<form action="select.php" method="POST">

<select name="month">
   <option value="January">January
            ***   thru ****
   <option value="December">December
</select>

<select name="day">
   <option value="1">1
         ***   thru ***
   <option value="31">31
</select>

   <input type="submit" name="Get Tip" value="Get Tip"/>
</form>

That form submission then posts to select.php which is here:

PHP Code:

<?php  // from select.php



$monthselect = $_POST['month'];

$dayselect = $_POST['day'];



$file = file('data.txt');



echo'<table style="width:400px; height:200px; padding:0px; border:0px"><tr><td>';

foreach ($file as $line => $data)

{

    list($month, $day, $year, $tip) = explode('|', trim($data) );

 

    if ($monthselect == $month AND $dayselect == $day)   

 {

   

         echo '<font face="Times New Roman" size="2px">'. $tip .'</font>';

         echo "<p>";

   

   }

}

echo'</td></tr></table>';

?>

My problem is that this output is printed on a blank page in the upperleft corner. I want to display it as I do the original tip.php file that was displayed on my index page. I would prefer if this output was displayed on a regenerated index page. Any suggestions as to what code I would use?

Thanks in advance!

[9999]

Does this make sense?