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Posted by Jack Jackson on 08/01/05 17:46
Kristen G. Thorson wrote:
Thanks for the == !
But I had set $message global within the buld-checkbox function, so that
part of it does work. . . .
> Jack,
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> Read below:
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> Jack Jackson wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> Now that the drop down is working properly (thanks!!), I am trying to
>> validate, and having LOTS of trouble. After being ceaselessly derided
>> last night on an irc channel for my dimwitedness, I am still not any
>> closer.
>>
>> The code which works is this:
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>> function GetQuestionsDropdown($cat){
>> //first get all the questions
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>> $sql = "SELECT * FROM questions WHERE questions.q_cat=$cat AND
>> questions.q_style=1";
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>> $result = mysql_query($sql);
>> //now one-by-one go through the questions
>> while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
>> //if the form has been submitted, and the question
>> unanswered
>> //highlight this whole question and answer block in red.
>> if ($message[$row['q_name']] == 1){
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> How does this funtion have access to $message? You need to a) make it
> global or b) pass it in.
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>> echo "<div class='error'>";
>> }
>> //Make a question set div wrapper
>> echo "<div class='q_set'>\n";
>> //State the question
>> echo "<div class='question'>";
>> echo $row['q_text'] . "</div>";
>> echo "\n\n";
>> echo " <div class='answer'>";
>> echo "\n";
>> //Create the dropdown for the answers
>> echo ' <select name="' . $row['q_name'] . '">';
>> echo "\n";
>> //get all of the answers for THIS question
>> $ans_sql = "select * from answers where answers.q_id=" .
>> $row['q_id'];
>> $ans_result = mysql_query($ans_sql);
>>
>> echo " <option value=\"\">Select from this list</option>\n";
>> while($ans_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($ans_result)) {
>> //list the answers for THIS question
>> echo " <option ";
>> echo "value=\"" . $ans_row['a_id'] . "\"";
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>> if ($row['q_name'] == $ans_row['a_id']) {
>> echo " selected";
>> }
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>> echo ">" . $ans_row['a_answer'] . "</option>";
>> echo "\n";
>> }
>> echo ' </select>' . "\n" . ' </div>' . "\n";
>> echo "</div><!--q_set-->\n\n";
>> //If there *was* an error div, close it
>> if (sizeof($message[$row['q_name']])){
>> echo "</div><!--/error-->";
>> }
>> }
>> }//function GetQuestionsDropdown
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>> NOW I have to validate after it's submitted. I am trying to look and
>> see, if $_POST[$row['q_name']] is empty then make message of the same
>> name = 1, so if
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>> if(empty($_POST['partners'])) {
>> $message['partners'] = '1'
>> }
>>
>> Then when I restate the dropdown function, and it shows the questions
>> again, those error checking things I built in will
>> a) show a div class=error around questions with a message
>> b) pre-select the previously selected answers (because I have put
>> in the thing in the dropdown which says
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>> if ($row['q_name'] == $ans_row['a_id']) { echo " selected";}
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>> The validate code I was trying, the subject of such howling on IRC
>> (and I know it doesn't work, but not why) was:
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>> function ValidatePost($cat){
>> //first get the q_names
>> $sql = "SELECT * FROM questions WHERE q_cat=$cat";
>> $result = mysql_query($sql);
>>
>> //go through the question set
>> while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
>> if(empty($_POST[$row['q_name']])){
>> $message[$row['q_name']] == "1";
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> You want $message = "1" here. = = is for comparison.
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> You're setting $message inside a function. This means it doesn't exist
> outside this scope!
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>> }
>> }
>> }//function ValidatePost
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>> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> JJ
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> Hope this helps you get somewhere,
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> kgt
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