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Hello,
I have copied this code but I do not really understand what this code is about. . :?: When I put this into my code to expand certain terms, it shows result but it just shows the last record in my table..not taking the variable I posted. Can anyone explain this to me? thank you.

<script>
function expand(sec)
{
     thisSec = eval('e' + sec);
     if (thisSec != null){
          if (thisSec.length){
               if (thisSec[0].style.display != 'none'){
                    for (var i=0;i<thisSec.length;i++) {thisSec[i].style.display = 'none'}
               }
               else{
                    for (var i=0;i<thisSec.length;i++) {thisSec[i].style.display = 'inline'}
               }
          }
          else{
                         if (thisSec.style.display != 'none')     {thisSec.style.display = 'none'}
               else{thisSec.style.display = 'inline'}
          }
     }

}
</script>
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Hi there,

that is a toggle function, used to show and hide elements' inside a page. Maybe its meant to toggle some <div><elements></elements></div> or it can be a ul tag.

Is there anything that we can do to help you on solving this issue?

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Thank you..:)
What I intend to do is to show related terms when a keyword is inserted to a textbox.
here is my code

<?php
 $q = $_GET['q'] ;
   $myquery = "select * from terms where term like '%".$q."%' ";
//mysql_free_result(result); 
$result = mysql_query ($myquery); 

while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$term1 = $row["term1"];
$term2 = $row["term2"];
$term3 = $row["term3"];
}
?>

then I combined with the js code that I have posted before..
I coded like this afterwards..

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="950" border="0">
<tr>
 <td><a href="#" onclick="expand(0);return false;"> Expand terms</a></td>

</tr>

<tr id="e0" style="display:none">
<td colspan="99">
            <table border="0">
            <tr><td>Related terms</td>></tr>
            <tr><td><img src="space.gif" height="1" width="100%"></td></tr>
			
            <tr><td><?php echo $term1; ?></td></tr>
            <tr><td><img src="space.gif" height="1" width="100%"></td></tr>
            <tr><td><?php echo $term2; ?></td></tr>
            <tr><td><img src="space.gif" height="1" width="100%"></td></tr>
            <tr><td><?php echo $term3; ?></td></tr>
            <tr><td><img src="space.gif" height="1" width="100%"></td></tr>
            </table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

however, when I click 'Expand term' after inserting certain keyword,
the list shows the last record in my table terms.
Can anyone tell me what wrong with it?

Your help is much appreciated.

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Hi,

Sorry to keep you waiting. Here's your requested sample code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">
<title>http://www.daniweb.com</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.hide { display : none }
.show { display : table-row-group; }
.block { display : block }
-->
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var expand = ( function() {
  return expand = function( sec, disp ) {
var ie, ff;
var disp = (( disp ) ? disp : "show" );
/* http://www.daniweb.com/

NOTICE: 
- I am not imposing anyone to use this script, i'm just doing what is right and what is good for your browser. */


var ua = ((( ie = document.all[ sec ] ) && !!!( ff = document.getElementById( sec ))) ? 1 : 0 ); 
var sec = null || { 0 : ff, 1 : ie }[ ua ];
   sec.className = (( sec.className === disp ) ? "hide" : disp );
 return sec;
   }  
} )( );
// -->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="3" id="terms" frame="border" rules="all" summary="Expand terms" width="50%">
<thead>
<tr><td>
<!-- Default display is set to "table-row-group" using single parameter inside the expand("arg1") function -->

<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="expand('e0');">Expand Terms : ( display as a table-row-group )</a><br><br><br>
<!-- This an optional display properties, by proving the 2nd arguments' inside the expand( arg1, "arg2" ) function. Your element will then be displayed as a block-level element -->
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="expand('e0', 'block');">Expand Terms : ( display as a block-level )</a></td></tr>
</thead>
<tfoot class="hide">
<tr><td></td></tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody id="e0" class="hide">
<tr><td>Related Terms</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><img src="space.gif" height="1" width="100%" alt="spacer"></td></tr>
<tr><td><?php echo $term1; ?>Sample Term1</td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="space.gif" height="1" width="100%" alt="spacer"></td></tr>
<tr><td><?php echo $term2; ?>Sample Term2</td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="space.gif" height="1" width="100%" alt="spacer"></td></tr>
<tr><td><?php echo $term3; ?>Sample Term3</td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="space.gif" height="1" width="100%" alt="spacer"></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>

hope it did help...
essential

Member Avatar for tulipputih

hello,
Thanks for your explanation..but my previous code does works exactly as I mean,
the problem is it just takes the last record in the table- terms.
can anyone explain why it is so?

many thanks

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