I am using name field to get the option in dropdown from database
datas in my database
id name
1 Resham
2 Rukshana
3 Resham
4 sindya
how to write a php code for displaying the name only once in dropdown and if the
option Resham is choosen
then my output should be as
id name
1 Resham
3 Resham
and if the option sindhiya is choosen then my output should be as
id name
4 sindhiya
Please give me an example in php to do this
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I am using ind_reg_name field to get the option in dropdown from database
Datas in my database
id name
1 Resham
2 Rukshana
3 Resham
4 sindya
how to write a php code for displaying the name only once in dropdown and
if the option Resham is choosen then o/p should be as:
id name
1 Resham
3 Resham
and
if the option sindhiya is choosen then my o/p should be as:
id name
4 sindhiya
index.php
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function ajaxFunction()
{
//document.writeln(val)
var httpxml;
try
{
// Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
httpxml=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch (e)
{
// Internet Explorer
try
{
httpxml=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e)
{
try
{
httpxml=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e)
{
alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
return false;
}
}
}
function stateChanged(){
if(httpxml.readyState==4){
var myObject = eval('(' + httpxml.responseText + ')');
//var myObject = httpxml.responseText;
//document.getElementById("display").innerHTML=myObject;
var msg=myObject.value[0].message;
if(msg.length > 0){document.getElementById("msg").innerHTML=msg;}
else{document.getElementById("msg").style.display='none';}
var str="<table width='50%' bgcolor='#ffffff' align=center><tr><th>Name</th><th>Idea</th></tr>";
var color="#f1f1f1";
for(i=0;i<myObject.data.length;i++)
{
if((i%2)==0){color="#ffffff";}
else{color="#f1f1f1";}
str = str + "<tr bgcolor="+color+"><td>" + myObject.data[i].ind_reg_id + " </td><td>"+ myObject.data[i].ind_reg_name + "</a></td></tr>"
}
str = str + "</table>" ;
document.getElementById("display").innerHTML=str;
}
}
var url="subcat2.php";
var ind_reg_id=document.myForm.ind_reg_id.value;
url=url+"?ind_reg_id="+ind_reg_id;
url=url+"&kid="+Math.random();
//alert(url)
httpxml.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
httpxml.open("GET",url,true);
httpxml.send(null);
// document.getElementById("display").innerHTML="Please Wait....";
document.getElementById("msg").style.background='#f1f1f1';
document.getElementById("msg").innerHTML="Please Wait ... ";
document.getElementById("msg").style.display='inline';
}
</script>
<?php
require "z_db.php";
echo "</head><body onload=\"ajaxFunction()\";>";
echo "<center><table border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' > <tr bgcolor='#ffffcc'><form name=myForm method='post' onSubmit=\"ajaxFunction(this.form); return false\">
<td align='center' colspan=2><font face='verdana, arial, helvetica' size='2' ><b> Select a Domain</b> </font></td></tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td align='center'>";
$query="SELECT * FROM ind_register GROUP BY ind_reg_name";
$result=mysql_query($query);
echo mysql_error();
echo "<select name=ind_reg_id onChange=\"ajaxFunction()\"><option value=0>Show All</option>";
while($nt=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
echo "<option value=$nt[ind_reg_id]>$nt[ind_reg_name]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
echo "</font></td>";
echo "</tr></form>";
echo "</table>";
?>
<div id=msg style="position:absolute; z-index:1; left: 1100px; top: 0px;" >This is message area</div>
<div id="display"><b>Records will be displayed here</b></div>
</body>
</html>
subcat2.php
<?Php
require "z_db.php";
@$ind_reg_id=$_GET['ind_reg_id'];
//$cat_id=1;
if(!is_numeric($ind_reg_id)){
echo "Data Error ";
exit;
}
$message="";
if($ind_reg_id>0){
$q=mysql_query("select ind_reg_id, ind_reg_name from ind_register where ind_reg_id=$ind_reg_id order by ind_reg_name");
}else{
$q=mysql_query("select ind_reg_id, ind_reg_name from ind_register order by ind_reg_name ");
$ind_reg_id=0;
}
@$message .= mysql_error();
$str= "{ \"data\" : [ ";
while($nt=mysql_fetch_array($q)){
$str=$str."{\"ind_reg_id\" : \"$nt[ind_reg_id]\", \"ind_reg_name\" : \"$nt[ind_reg_name]\"},";
//$str=$str."{"myclass" : "$nt[class]"},";
}
$str=substr($str,0,(strLen($str)-1));
$message=$message. " Records displayed";
$str=$str."],\"value\" : [{\"ind_reg_id\" : $ind_reg_id,\"message\" : \"$message\"}]}";
//echo json_encode($str);
echo $str;
?>
WHy don't you use a GROUP BY name and use a MAX on the id in the SQL?
SELECT MAX(ind_reg_id), ind_reg_name FROM ind_register GROUP BY ind_reg_name
where should i use this code in
1) index.php or
2) subcat2.php
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