Thank you for your reply - I am trying this everywhere but does your code replace the

<select name="origin" id="origin">
<option selected value="">Any</option>
<option...

I have a database with four tables: name, meaning, gender, origin, and i want to have the origin field automatically populated from the database rather than having to type the code for all the...

Hey thanks so much vinothkumarc! You're awesome... sorry it took me so long to get back and thank you for solving.

hey thanks... i look forward to this too

sorry people - i thought i did use the tags but anyway thank you all for your replies - will play with it tomorrow

umm... i dont know you, have never heard of you and its not the same code... a friend helped me with it... do you have another user name?

i'm still struggling with php - its soooo confusing to me

this is the code i have now - is it in the wrong order? or whats missing please to make it work - i'm trying to get a result if 'both'...

Hi... i'm baaack
Ok.. i made some effort (got myself more confused in the process - seem to be so many ways to do the same thing??)

Anyway.. this is what i have now: Please help to add or change...

enim213 - thank you very much for the links you supplied - i really do appreciate your time to give them and will definitely make an effort to get the understanding - be afraid lol - if i come up...

Hi thanks for your reply but you may as well have written it in arabic for all my understanding lol.

Allow me to explain - i'm absolutely new to php - had never even seen it before now beginning...

Hi and thanks
I will try this too and let you know how it goes
regards

hi and thanks for your reply. I have no code (embarrassed) and was hoping someone could give me example with only 4 fields to query. I have no idea about php. I know how to make html form and i...

I have a names database with only 4 fields (Sex, Origin, Meaning, Starts With) and html search form for those same 4 fields. Can anyone give me the php code so that if anyone fills in any or all of...