Break record up and show page titles in drop box (php)

[Dorza]

A demo is appropriate: here

See where the article page titles appear in the dropdown box? Well how do I do that is my basic question?

Right now thats all I have with my system is the standard "Prev 1,2,3,... Next" links displayed at the bottom of an article. It works as intended however, instead of the "1,2,3..." part I would like the script to populate a form drop down box with the titles of the article page; which will make navigating through the article easier.

[yamangman]

Err, it's called a select box?

You provided an example, what prevents you from disseminating what needs to be done from that?

<select name="page" onchange="pageJump(this)">
										<option value="">Page Jump:</option>
										<option value=""> ========== </option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=1"  selected>Introduction</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=2" >Layout and features</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=3" >Bundle and warranty</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=4" >BIOS</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=5" >System setup and notes</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=6" >Memory tests and HEXUS.PiFast</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=7" >Multithreaded performance</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=8" >Storage evaluation</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=9" >Gaming tests and overclocking</option><option value="?item=10133&amp;page=10" >Final thoughts, HEXUS awards, HEXUS where2buy, HEXUS.right2reply, further reading</option></select>

function pageJump()
{
	location.href = arguments[0].value
}

[Dorza]

Thanks for your suggestion, however, what happens if the user turns JS off? The feature is useless. I'd rather PHP handle it if possible.

[DougMcDonald]

The concept would be that you would get the dataset which would include your article titles, loop through it displaying an <option> $article_name_variable </option> type thing for each row, and then just use a submit button to do the moving between pages.

Pseudo Code:
<form>
<select>
<?php
for (number of rows in dataset) {
print (<option>$article_name</option>)
}
?>
</select>
<input type=submit>go</input>
</form>

That type of thing will build the dropdown box as you want. (Will need some error checking added etc)

Then just make your submit button fire at a page which will have checks to see what variable has been selected from your drop down and display the appropriate content.

[yamangman]

PHP is a server-side scripting language. You can't handle dom events like in the example provided with it. You would have to use it like a 'normal' form as suggested above.