Respectfully, Ligaya Turmelle
<head>[DATABASE CONNECTION]</head>
<body>
<div class="formdiv">
<form action="remote.php" method="GET">
<select name="order"> <!-- values here are what the switch is based off of.. so I changed them-->
<option value="1'">Country, etc.</option>
<option value="2'">Population</option>
<option value="3'">Nationality</option>
<option value="4">Nationality: Plural</option>
<option value="5">Nationality: Adjective</option>
<option value="6">Geographic Region</option>
</select>
<input type="radio" name="direction" value="0">+
<input type="radio" name="direction" value="1">-
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</div>
<?php
$colors = array( '#eee', '', '#ff9', '', '#cff', '', '#cfc', '' );
$n=0;
$size=count($colors);
$result = mysql_query('select count(*) FROM cia_people C, famarea2 F WHERE C.IDArea = F.IDArea AND F.IDParent = "eur" AND C.Nationality is not null');
if (($result) && (mysql_result ($result , 0) > 0)) {
// continue here with the code that starts
//$res = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM type.....
} else {
die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());
}
switch($_GET['order']) // use the Get method requires the $_GET super variable
{ // see http://www.php.net/en/language.variables.predefined in the manual
case 1:
$order = 'cia_people.Name';
break;
case 2:
$order = 'cia_people.Pop';
break;
case 3:
$order = 'cia_people.Nationality';
break;
case 4:
$order = 'cia_people.NationalityPlural';
break;
case 5:
$order = 'cia_people.NationalityAdjective';
break;
case 6:
$order = 'famarea2.IDParentReg';
break;
default:
$order = 'cia_people.Name';
break;
}
switch($_GET['direction']) // same reason as above
{
case 0:
$direction = 'ASC';
break;
case 1:
$direction = 'DESC';
break; default:
$direction = 'ASC';
break;
}$sql =
'SELECT F.IDArea,
C.IDArea,
C.Name,
C.Pop,
C.Nationality,
C.NationalityPlural,
C.NationalityAdjective
FROM cia_people C, famarea2 F
WHERE (C.Nationality is not null)
AND (F.IDArea = \'eur\')
ORDER BY ' . $order . ',' . $direction; /* here we just use the local variables we moved everything into in the switch statements */
$res = mysql_query($sql) or die('Failed to run ' .
$sql . ' - ' . mysql_error());
echo '<table class="sortphp" id="tab_cia_people_peo">
<thead>
<tr><th>Country</th><th>X</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>';
//<!-- BeginDynamicTable -->
$rowcounter=0;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($res)) {
$c=$colors[$rowcounter++%$size];
echo "<tr style=\"background-color:$c\" class='".
$row['Name'] ."'><". $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] .'?id='.
$row['IDArea'] .">
<td class='tdname' '". $row['Name'] ."'>".
$row['Name'] ."</td>
<td> </td></tr>\n";
}
?>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>David Blomstrom wrote:
Thanks. I guess this is turning into a PHP question now, but I wondered if you tell me one more thing.
I made the change you suggested, and I now get this parse error message:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '{' in C:\sites\geoworld\about\guide\world\eur\remote.php on line 119
This is apparently the line it refers to, but it doesn't make sense to me. I tried deleting the curly braces/brackets, but it didn't fix anything.
ORDER BY ' . {$_POST['order']} . ',' . {$_POST['direction']};
This is the script from Hell; every time I change it, I get a new parse error!
Oh, yes - I also just discovered the single quotes in my option values, like the one after Nationality:
<option value="cia_people.Nationality'">
I'm not sure where I picked those up; are they supposed to be there? I removed them, but, again, it didn't fix anything.
Thanks.
<head>[DATABASE CONNECTION]</head> <body> <div class="formdiv"> <form action="remote.php" method="GET"> <select name="order"> <option value="cia_people.Name'">Country, etc.</option> <option value="cia_people.Pop'">Population</option> <option value="cia_people.Nationality'">Nationality</option> <option value="cia_people.NationalityPlural'">Nationality: Plural</option> <option value="cia_people.NationalityAdjective'">Nationality: Adjective</option> <option value="famarea2.IDParentReg">Geographic Region</option> </select> <input type="radio" name="direction" value="0">+ <input type="radio" name="direction" value="1">- <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> </form> </div> <?php $colors = array( '#eee', '', '#ff9', '', '#cff', '', '#cfc', '' ); $n=0; $size=count($colors);
$result = mysql_query('select count(*) FROM cia_people C, famarea2 F WHERE C.IDArea = F.IDArea AND F.IDParent = "eur" AND C.Nationality is not null'); if (($result) && (mysql_result ($result , 0) > 0)) { // continue here with the code that starts //$res = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM type..... } else { die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error()); }
switch($order) { case 1: $order = 'cia_people.Name'; break; case 2: $order = 'cia_people.Pop'; break; case 3: $order = 'cia_people.Nationality'; break; case 4: $order = 'cia_people.NationalityPlural'; break; case 5: $order = 'cia_people.NationalityAdjective'; break; case 6: $order = 'famarea2.IDParentReg'; break; default: $order = 'cia_people.Name'; break; } switch($direction) { case 0: $direction = 'ASC'; break;
case 1: $direction = 'DESC'; break;
default: $direction = 'ASC'; break; } /*
$sql = 'SELECT F.IDArea, C.IDArea, C.Name, C.Pop, C.Nationality, C.NationalityPlural, C.NationalityAdjective FROM cia_people C, famarea2 F WHERE (C.Nationality is not null) AND (F.IDArea = \'eur\') ORDER BY ' . {$_POST['order']} . ',' . {$_POST['direction']}; $res = mysql_query($sql) or die('Failed to run ' . $sql . ' - ' . mysql_error());
echo '<table class="sortphp" id="tab_cia_people_peo">
<thead>
<tr><th>Country</th><th>X</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>';
//<!-- BeginDynamicTable -->
$rowcounter=0;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($res)) {
$c=$colors[$rowcounter++%$size];
echo "<tr style=\"background-color:$c\" class='".
$row['Name'] ."'><". $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] .'?id='.
$row['IDArea'] .">
<td class='tdname' '". $row['Name'] ."'>".
$row['Name'] ."</td>
<td> </td></tr>\n";
}
?>
</tr>
</tbody> </table>
</body>
</html>
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