In PHP and jQuery, make one drop-down depend on another drop-down list?

Question

I have two drop down lists one is depended on other if one value selected the other one load same values from database. for example if i select one country other load same cities that country.

<select name="A" class="input_text" id="A">

<?php
include 'config/config.php'; 
$sql="SELECT * FROM department ORDER BY Dept ASC";
$result=mysql_query($sql);$options="";
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){    
$did=$row["DeptCode"];
$depts=$row["Dept"];
$options.="<OPTION value='$did'>".$depts;}?>
 <option value="0">Select...</option>
<?php echo $options; ?>'
 </option>
</select>

<select name="B" class="input_text" id="B">

<?php           
include 'config/config.php'; 
$sql="SELECT * FROM department WHERE DeptCode=$dpttitle";
$result=mysql_query($sql);$options="";
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){    
$did=$row["DeptCode"];
$depts=$row["Dept"];
$options.="<OPTION value='$did'>".$depts;}?>
<option value="0">Select...</option>
<?php echo $options; ?>
</option>
</select>

<script type="text/javascript">
A.onblur = function() {
 B.value = this.value;};
</script>

Please Explain the question clearly ..!!And Show the code with which u have tried .. — Pravin Kumar, May 13 '13 at 03:53
Check this link http://www.9lessons.info/2010/08/dynamic-dependent-select-box-using.html — Gopesh, May 13 '13 at 04:09
`question.answer(); ReferenceError: question is not defined` — SomeShinyObject, May 13 '13 at 04:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '13 at 04:20

You're looking for "ajax" functionality. Try looking into $.get(url,data,success); using JQuery

First, remove dropbox B and replace it with a div with id="B"

$("#A").change(loadCities);
function loadCities(e){
    // prepare get statement
    var url = "http://www.yoursite.com/ajax/getCities";
    var data = {
        country : $("#A").val()
    };
    $.get(url, data, loadCitiesComplete);
}
function loadCitiesComplete(data){
    $("#B").html(data);
}

That url : "http://www.yoursite.com/ajax/getCities" php should look something like

<?
if(isset($_GET['country'])){
    $html = '<select name="B" class="input_text" id="B">';
    include 'config/config.php'; 
    $dpttitle = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['country']);
    $sql="SELECT * FROM department WHERE DeptCode=$dpttitle";
    $result=mysql_query($sql);$options="";
    while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){    
    $did=$row["DeptCode"];
    $depts=$row["Dept"];
    $html .="<OPTION value='$did'>".$depts;}?>
    $html .= '<option value="0">Select...</option>';
    $html .= '</option>';
    $html .= '</select>';
    echo $html;
}
?>

Obviously the php should use the country $_GET var properly, use PDO or MySQLi with prepared statements for safety, etc. But hopefully this'll get you moving in the right direction.

In PHP and jQuery, make one drop-down depend on another drop-down list?

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