Hi everyone, i have this form with 2 divisions. I wanted to retain the current tab after saving records for example, after saving records in tab-2, the tab-2 suppose to appear/retain as current tab. Currently, after clicking submit button the tab will go back to tab-1. Please advise. Thanks.

  <form name="ipdprogress" id="ipdprogress" method="post" action=""> 
        <div id="tabs">
            <ul>
                <li><a href="#tabs-1" >Quarter 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="#tabs-2">Quarter 2</a></li>
            </ul>
    <div id="tabs-1">  
    <?php
    session_start(); 
    error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
    $con = mysql_connect("localhost","user","");
    if (!$con){
    die("Can not connect: " . mysql_error());
    }
    mysql_select_db("p",$con);

    $Picid=$_GET['Picid'];
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM progress WHERE  Picid='" . $Picid . "' ");
    $row= mysql_fetch_array($result); 


    $Picid = $_GET['Picid'];
    $nwQty = "SELECT * FROM progress WHERE Picid = '$Picid'";
    $solution = mysql_query($nwQty);
     if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
    if (mysql_num_rows($solution) == 0){

        $sql = "INSERT INTO progress(T11,Selfrating1,Picid) VALUES ('" . $_POST["T11"] . "','" . $_POST["Selfrating1"] . "','" . $Picid . "')"; 
        $result = mysql_query($sql);
    } 
    else {

        $sql =("UPDATE progress SET T11='" . $_POST["T11"] . "',  Selfrating1='" . $_POST["Selfrating1"] . "' WHERE Picid='" . $Picid . "'");
        $result = mysql_query($sql);
        echo('Record Updated');
    }
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM progress WHERE  Picid='" . $Picid . "' ");
    $row= mysql_fetch_array($result); 
     }
    ?>
    <p><b>1.Target</b></p>
    <script>
    function ocalculateText(el) {
      var form = el.form;
      var idx = form.Selfrating1.selectedIndex;
      if (idx <= 0) {
        form.reset();
        return;
      }
      if (form.Selfrating1.value == "Good") {
         form.T11.value = "#008000";
      } else if (form.Selfrating1.value == "Satisfactory") {
        form.T11.value = "#9ACD32";
        }
      }
    </script>
    <p>a.i.Self Rating(1st Rating): <select name="Selfrating1" id="Selfrating1" onchange="ocalculateText(this)" value="<?php echo $row['Selfrating1']; ?>" > 
                    <option selected>Please select an option</option>                           
                    <option value=Good <?php if($row['Selfrating1']=='Good') { echo "selected"; }?>>Good</option>
                    <option value=Satisfactory <?php if($row['Selfrating1']=='Satisfactory') { echo "selected"; }?>>Satisfactory</option>
                    </select>
                <input type="color" name="T11" id="T11" onchange="ocalculateText(this)" value="<?php echo $row['T11'];?>"></p>  

            <input type="hidden" name="Picid" id="Picid" value="<?php echo $row['Picid']; ?>" > 
            <input type="hidden" name="Progressid" id="Progressid" value="<?php echo $row['Progressid']; ?>"> 
            <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save" class="btnSubmit"></td>    
     <?php
    mysql_close($con);  
    ?>      
    </div>
    <div id="tabs-2">  
    <?php
    session_start(); 
    error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
    $con = mysql_connect("localhost","user","");
    if (!$con){
    die("Can not connect: " . mysql_error());
    }
    mysql_select_db("p",$con);

    $Picid=$_GET['Picid'];
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM progress WHERE  Picid='" . $Picid . "' ");
    $row= mysql_fetch_array($result); 


    $Picid = $_GET['Picid'];
    $nwQty = "SELECT * FROM progress WHERE Picid = '$Picid'";
    $solution = mysql_query($nwQty);
     if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
    if (mysql_num_rows($solution) == 0){

        $sql = "INSERT INTO progress(T12,Selfrating2,Picid) VALUES ('" . $_POST["T12"] . "','" . $_POST["Selfrating2"] . "','" . $Picid . "')"; 
        $result = mysql_query($sql);
    } 
    else {

        $sql =("UPDATE progress SET T12='" . $_POST["T12"] . "',  Selfrating2='" . $_POST["Selfrating2"] . "' WHERE Picid='" . $Picid . "'");
        $result = mysql_query($sql);
        echo('Record Updated');
    }
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM progress WHERE  Picid='" . $Picid . "' ");
    $row= mysql_fetch_array($result); 
     }
    ?>
    <p><b>1.Target</b></p>
    <script>
    function ocalculateText(el) {
      var form = el.form;
      var idx = form.Selfrating2.selectedIndex;
      if (idx <= 0) {
        form.reset();
        return;
      }
      if (form.Selfrating2.value == "Good") {
         form.T12.value = "#008000";
      } else if (form.Selfrating2.value == "Satisfactory") {
        form.T12.value = "#9ACD32";
        }
      }
    </script>
    <p>a.i.Self Rating(1st Rating): <select name="Selfrating2" id="Selfrating2" onchange="ocalculateText(this)" value="<?php echo $row['Selfrating2']; ?>" > 
                    <option selected>Please select an option</option>                           
                    <option value=Good <?php if($row['Selfrating2']=='Good') { echo "selected"; }?>>Good</option>
                    <option value=Satisfactory <?php if($row['Selfrating2']=='Satisfactory') { echo "selected"; }?>>Satisfactory</option>
                    </select>
                <input type="color" name="T12" id="T12" onchange="ocalculateText(this)" value="<?php echo $row['T12'];?>"></p>  

            <input type="hidden" name="Picid" id="Picid" value="<?php echo $row['Picid']; ?>" > 
            <input type="hidden" name="Progressid" id="Progressid" value="<?php echo $row['Progressid']; ?>"> 
            <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save" class="btnSubmit"></td>    
     <?php
    mysql_close($con);  
    ?>      
    </div>
    </form>

I would modify these lines here, you have a couple of options, set a request param on the anchor of TAB 2, or a hidden input to indicate which tab was clicked, you would need some PHP code to set which tab is active, so you need an "active" style for that as well. I would not recommend this method for long term maintenance but for your code snippet this should be fairly simple. I have not tested the code, but you should get the concept

            <?php
              $tab1Active = "";
              $tab2Active = "";
              if (empty($_REQUEST["whichTab"])) $_REQUEST["whichTab"] = 1;
              if (!empty($_REQUEST["whichTab"]) && $_REQUEST["whichTAB"] == 2) {
                  $tab2Active = 'class="active"';
              }
                else {
                  $tab2Active = 'class="active"';
              }  
            ?>
            <ul>
                <input type="hidden" name="whichTab" id="whichTab" value="{$_REQUEST["whichTab"]}">
                <li><a {$tab1Active} href="#tabs-1" onclick="document.getElementById('whichTab').value = 1;" >Quarter 1</a></li>
                <li><a {$tab2Active} href="#tabs-2" onclick="document.getElementById('whichTab').value = 2;">Quarter 2</a></li>
            </ul>
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