Re: [PHP] Can this work?

Can't you just use a number field, which is a hell of a lot easier (especially on an iPad) to use than a bunch of select lists.

"Karl-Arne Gjersøyen" <[email protected]> wrote:

>2013/7/5 Stuart Dallas <[email protected]>
>
>> On 5 Jul 2013, at 15:05, Karl-Arne Gjersøyen <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>
>> > 2013/7/5 Stuart Dallas <[email protected]>
>> >
>> >> On 5 Jul 2013, at 14:56, Karl-Arne Gjersøyen <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hello. I have a form in HTML/PHP with for loops that generate a
>> selected
>> >>> list like this:
>> >>> for($i = 1; $i< 25;$i++ ){
>> >>> <option value="<?php echo "$i"; ?><?php echo "$i"; ?></option>
>> >>> }
>> >>>
>> >>> The lists look like this:
>> >>>
>> >>> <form action="index.php
>> >>> <view-source:http://localhost/%7Ekarl/kasen/io/kp/index.php>"
>> >>> method="post"><select name="valgt_dynamit_polse_1-25kg"><option
>> >>> value="1-25" selected="selected">1-25</option><option
>> >>> value="1">1</option><option value="2">2</option><option
>> >>> value="3">3</option><option value="4">4</option><option
>> >>> value="5">5</option><option value="6">6</option><option
>> >>> value="7">7</option><option value="8">8</option><option
>> >>> value="9">9</option><option value="10">10</option><option
>> >>> value="11">11</option><option value="12">12</option><option
>> >>> value="13">13</option><option value="14">14</option><option
>> >>> value="15">15</option><option value="16">16</option><option
>> >>> value="17">17</option><option value="18">18</option><option
>> >>> value="19">19</option><option value="20">20</option><option
>> >>> value="21">21</option><option value="22">22</option><option
>> >>> value="23">23</option><option value="24">24</option><option
>> >>> value="25">25</option></select> Kg&nbsp;<select
>> >>> name="valgt_dynamit_polse_26-50kg"><option value="26-50"
>> >>> selected="selected">26-50</option><option
>> >>> value="26">26</option><option value="27">27</option><option
>> >>> value="28">28</option><option value="29">29</option><option
>> >>> value="30">30</option><option value="31">31</option><option
>> >>> value="32">32</option><option value="33">33</option><option
>> >>> value="34">34</option><option value="35">35</option><option
>> >>> value="36">36</option><option value="37">37</option><option
>> >>> value="38">38</option><option value="39">39</option><option
>> >>> value="40">40</option><option value="41">41</option><option
>> >>> value="42">42</option><option value="43">43</option><option
>> >>> value="44">44</option><option value="45">45</option><option
>> >>> value="46">46</option><option value="47">47</option><option
>> >>> value="48">48</option><option value="49">49</option><option
>> >>> value="50">50</option></select> Kg&nbsp;
>> >>>
>> >>> What I try to do with it is to register the selected value and do
>> >> something
>> >>> with it. The lists is weight in KG. I hope to select only one
>value
>> >> between
>> >>> 1-25kg OR 26-50kg. I don't know if this is possible? What do you
>think?
>> >>
>> >> If the range of acceptable values is 1-50, why do you have two
>select
>> >> fields instead of one?
>> >
>> > The select list has values between 1 and 200. Therefore I split it
>up for
>> > every 25th value.
>>
>> Ok, but why?
>
>
>I will use my application on iPad and find it more easy to use multiple
>select lists than one big list with all 200 values at once.
>
>Karl

Can't you just use a number field, which is a hell of a lot easier (especially on an iPad) to use than a bunch of select lists.
Thanks,
Ash