Show Only a particular result from a dropdown list

ge geeknet 12 Aug, 2009
Hi Im a newbie here,

I made a form with a dropdown list and I wanted to show a particular result in just one page

here for example:

in the dropdown list

Agriculture
Management
Business
Marketing

if a user selected Agriculture.

a page will show only results with Agriculture and same with the other list with their own results.

thanks
Gr GreyHead 12 Aug, 2009
Hi geeknet,

The basic methodology is to create a form in the Header section - then use the results of the form to build a MySQL WHERE query in the Where box. In this case the Where might be just
<?php
$area = JRequest::getString('area', 'some_default_value', 'post);
echo " WHERE `area` = '$area' ";
?>

Bob
ge geeknet 13 Aug, 2009
Thanks Bob,

so which parameters do I need to change

the name of the downdown list is select_13

and the selection is Agriculture

roy
Gr GreyHead 13 Aug, 2009
Hi Roy,

The WHERE code would look like:
<?php
$area = JRequest::getString('select_13', 'some_default_value', 'post);
echo " WHERE `column_name` = '$area' ";
?>

Bob
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