editable dropdown box?

@purefanMay 01.2006 — #you can have an input field in plain html, then form it to a php file that adds it to file (database or plain text file, whatever you prefer), and when showing the page you take the drop down list elements from the file

@ssffccauthorMay 01.2006 — #thx for the quick help, but I am new to PHP, could u plz be more specific in code?

@purefanMay 02.2006 — #ok ?

You need 2 pages, one for displaying and one for storing,

1.The displaying page:

[code=php]
 #Suppose you are taking your options from a flat file
 #called options.txt
 
 #Step 1: Read the contents of the file
 $datalines = file ("options.txt");
 
 echo "<form action="store.php" method="post">";
 echo "<select name="MyName">";
 foreach ($datalines as $zz) {
 echo "<option value="".$zz."">".$zz . "</option>"; 
 } 
 echo "</select>";
 #That should display each new line in the text file as an
 #option in the drop down menu.
 
 
 #Lets now allow the input of an entry:
 echo "<input type="text" name="newone"><input type="submit">";
 #and close the form
 echo "</form>";
 [/code]

2.Now the store.php file which will store the text from newone in the options.txt file:

[code=php]
 //store.php
 #Lets check if the user did input a text:
 if(empty($_POST["newone"])){
 //the input field is empty so he chose from the drop down menu
 //Fill in here with whatever you need
 }
 else {
 //It is not empty so we append it:
 $myFile = "options.txt";
 $fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("can't open file");
 $stringData = $_POST["newone"]."n";
 fwrite($fh, $stringData);
 fclose($fh);
 #Now the new item is in the flat file
 #I think you need to do something with the $_POST["newone"] besides
 #from adding it so just use it for whatever you want
 }
 [/code]

Im sure ppl here might have much better solutions but I think this should work

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